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Douglas Fir

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

The Douglas fir is an evergreen conifer in the pine family, native to western North America, and the tallest tree in that family; it is also known as Douglas-fir, Douglas spruce, Oregon pine or Columbian pine. It comprises three varieties, the coast Douglas-fir, the Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir and the Mexican Douglas-fir, and despite its common names it is not a true fir, spruce, pine or hemlock, its genus name Pseudotsuga meaning false hemlock.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill).
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Pendulous female cones with distinctive long, three-pointed (trifid) bracts protruding above each scale 1
Scientific Name
Pseudotsuga menziesii 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pinopsida, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Douglas Fir

In Ecosystem

Pacific Northwest Temperate Rainforest, Ecosystems
Source World Wildlife Fund
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Sources
1. Douglas fir - Wikipedia
  • Taxobox, scientific classification
    Pseudotsuga menziesii
  • Conservation status box
    Least Concern
  • Description, cones
    distinctive long, trifid (three-pointed) bracts which protrude prominently above each scale
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    menziesii), Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (P.
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 295279
    The Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is a conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae.
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 295279
    In New Zealand it is considered to be an invasive species, called a wilding conifer, and is subject to control measures.
View the Source
Wikidata: Douglas Fir
  • Wikidata Q156687, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Pinopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source
World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife FundIn Ecosystem: Pacific Northwest Temperate RainforestView the Source
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