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A California Native American myth explains that each three-ended bract is the tail and two tiny legs of a mouse that hid inside the scales of the tree's cones during forest fires, and the tree was kind enough to be its enduring sanctuary. A Douglas-fir species, Pseudotsuga menziesii, is the state tree of Oregon.
Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca, or Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir, is an evergreen conifer native to the interior mountainous regions of western North America, from central British Columbia and southwest Alberta in Canada southward through the United States to the far north of Mexico. [2]
The main branches are long and spreading with pendulous side shoots. The leaves are needle-like, 2.5–4.5 cm (0.98–1.77 in) long, [ 7 ] and are shed when about five years old. The female cones are from 11–17 cm (4.3–6.7 in) long, [ 4 ] larger and with thicker scales than those of other douglas-firs , and with exserted tridentine bracts.
The cone scale bracts can be short and hidden in the mature cone, or long and exposed ('exserted'); this can vary even within a species, e.g. in Abies magnifica var. magnifica, the bracts are hidden, but in var. critchfieldii and var. shastensis, they are exserted. The bracts scales are often a different colour to the cone scales, which can ...
The western tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax dorsalis), also called the western tree dassie or Beecroft's tree hyrax, is a species of tree hyrax within the family Procaviidae.It can be distinguished from other hyraxes by short coarse fur, presence of white patch of fur beneath the chin, lack of hair on the rostrum, and lower crowns of the cheek teeth compared to other members of the same genus.
That same year, Jellison launched a renewed effort to identify some of the suspected serial killer’s victims, this time using advances in DNA technology including genetic genealogy, the ...
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. ...
With a win over the Steelers, the Chiefs ensured the AFC playoffs will run through Arrowhead Stadium, as Kansas City clinched home-field advantage.