Douglas Fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, is
long lived tree species with the potential
to grow over 200 feet tall.
Point Defiance Park
Tacoma, Washington
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This Douglas-Fir is named the
Mountaineer tree and is estimated to be
over 460 years old. It is 218 feet tall and
over 7 feet in diameter.
Point Defiance Park
Tacoma, Washington
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Pseudotsuga menziesii has needle
like leaves and small pendulant
cones.
Photo citation: ©1995 Br. Alfred
Brousseau, Saint Mary's College.
Male cones of Douglas-Fir trees
may be found sitting upright near
the branch tips.
Photo citation: ©1995 Br. Alfred
Brousseau, Saint Mary's College.
Mature bark of Pseudomenziesii is
rough with deep fissures and ridges,
getting rougher with age.
Photo citation: ©1995 Br. Alfred
Brousseau, Saint Mary's College.