Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii, commonly known as Coast Douglas-fir, Pacific Douglas-fir, Oregon pine, or Douglas spruce, is an evergreen conifer native to western North America from west-central British Columbia, Canada southward to central California, United States. In Oregon and Washington its range is continuous from the Cascades crest west to the Pacific Coast Ranges and Pacific Ocean. In California, it is found in the Klamath and California Coast Ranges as far south as the Santa Lucia Mountains with a small stand as far south as the Purisima Hills, Santa Barbara County. In the Sierra Nevada it ranges as far south as the Yosemite region. It occurs from near sea level along the coast to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) in the California Mountains. Further inland, coast Douglas-fir is replaced by Rocky Mountain or interior Douglas-fir (P. menziesii var. glauca). Interior Douglas-fir intergrades with coast Douglas-fir in the Cascades of northern Washington and southern British Columbia.

Coast Douglas-fir
Old-growth coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii) forest in the Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pseudotsuga
Species:
(Mirb.) Franco
Variety:
P. m. var. menziesii
Trinomial name
Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Synonyms
List
    • Abies californica Steud.
    • Abies douglasii (Sabine ex D.Don) Lindl.
    • Abies drummondii Gordon & Glend.
    • Abies mucronata Raf.
    • Abies mucronata var. palustris Raf.
    • Abies obliqua Bong. ex Gordon
    • Abies obliquata Raf. ex Gordon
    • Abies standishiana K.Koch
    • Abies taxifolia C.Presl
    • Abies taxifolia Poir.
    • Abietia douglasii (Sabine ex D.Don) A.H.Kent
    • Picea douglasii (Sabine ex D.Don) Link
    • Pinus douglasii Sabine ex D.Don
    • Pseudotsuga douglasii (Sabine ex D.Don) Carrière
    • Pseudotsuga douglasii var. pendula (Neumann) Engelm.
    • Pseudotsuga douglasii var. viridis Schwer.
    • Pseudotsuga menziesii var. viridis (Schwer.) Franco
    • Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. viridis (Schwer.) Silba
    • Pseudotsuga taxifolia (Lindl.) Britton
    • Pseudotsuga taxifolia var. elongata Lemmon
    • Pseudotsuga taxifolia var. palustris (Raf.) Lemmon
    • Pseudotsuga vancouverensis Flous
    • Tsuga douglasii (Sabine ex D.Don) Carrière
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