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Pseudotsuga menziesii var. lindleyana, commonly known as the Mexican Douglas-fir, is a conifer in the genus Pseudotsuga that is endemic to Mexico. [1] DNA sequence [2] and morphological [3] evidence suggests it is most closely related to Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (P. menziesii var. glauca) and might best be treated as an additional variety within P. menziesii.
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 the U.S. Forest Service. [ 8 ]
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. ...
The Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) [4] is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is native to western North America and is also known as Douglas-fir , [ 5 ] Douglas spruce , [ 6 ] Oregon pine , [ 7 ] and Columbian pine . [ 8 ]
It occurs from 600 m altitude in the north of the range, up to 3,000 m, rarely 3,200 m, in the south. Further west towards the Pacific coast, it is replaced by the related coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii), and to the south, it is replaced by Mexican Douglas-fir in high mountains as far south as Oaxaca.
The species of the subfamily Laricoideae are evergreen or deciduous trees that can reach the greater heights in the Pinaceae family (over 100 meters with Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii [2]). The leaves are needle-like [ 1 ] and have primary stomatal bands only on the abaxial surface (below the phloem vessels).
Pseudotsuga: Douglas-firs; Pseudotsuga japonica: Japanese Douglas-fir Pinaceae (pine family) Pseudotsuga macrocarpa: bigcone Douglas-fir Pinaceae (pine family) Pseudotsuga menziesii: Douglas-fir; common douglas-fir Pinaceae (pine family) Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. glauca: blue Douglas-fir Pinaceae (pine family) Pseudotsuga sinensis: Chinese ...
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 .