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Nothophaeocryptopus gaeumannii is a species of fungus that occurs as an endophyte inside the needles of Douglas-fir trees. It is responsible for causing the nonlethal disease known as Swiss needle cast, which results in needle loss and reduction in growth in Douglas-fir. [3] [4]
Coast Douglas-fir seed cone, from a tree grown from seed collected by David Douglas Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii has attained heights of 393 feet (120* m). That was the estimated height of the tallest conifer ever well-documented, the Mineral Tree ( Mineral, Washington ), measured in 1924 by Dr. Richard E. McArdle, [ 7 ] former chief of ...
Douglas-fir is a medium-sized to extremely large evergreen tree, 20–100 metres (70–330 feet) tall (although only coast Douglas-firs, reach heights near 100 m) [10] and commonly reach 2.4 m (8 ft) in diameter, [11] although trees with diameters of almost 5 m (16 ft) exist. [12]
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa, commonly called the bigcone spruce or bigcone Douglas-fir, is an evergreen conifer native to the mountains of southern California. It is notable for having the largest (by far) cones in the genus Pseudotsuga , hence the name.
Big Lonely Doug is a large Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) tree located in the Gordon River Valley, 10km north of Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is the second largest Douglas-fir tree in Canada after the Red Creek Fir in nearby San Juan Valley. [1]
Coast Douglas-fir is the second-tallest conifer in the world (after coast redwood), and the third-tallest of all trees, (after Eucalyptus regnans).Currently, coast Douglas-fir trees 60–75 metres (197–246 ft) or more in height and 1.5–2 metres (4.9–6.6 ft) in diameter are common in old growth stands, [4] and maximum heights of 100–120 metres (330–390 ft) and diameters up to 4.5–5. ...
One of the oldest Douglas fir on record at 1,020 years in age [39] [26] [40] [41] Eureka Tree Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 115.824 380.00 United States Eureka, California Note: Standing height surveyed, and tree then cut down in 1914 and measured by lumbermen. [42] [43] Nisqually Tree Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) 115.824 380.00
Pseudotsuga sinensis (Chinese Douglas-fir; in Chinese 黃杉, pinyin romanization: huáng shān) is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is a tree that grows up to 50 metres (160 ft) tall. [ 2 ]