🐾 Douglas-fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii · wildlife atlas entry

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Pseudotsuga menziesii , commonly known as Douglas fir , Douglas-fir and Oregon pine , is an evergreen conifer species native to western North America. One variety, the coast Douglas fir, grows along the Pacific Ocean from central British Columbia south to central California. A second variety, the Rocky Mountain Douglas fir, grows in the Rocky Mountains from British Columbia south to Mexico. The tree is dominant in western Washington and Oregon. It is extensively used for timber, worldwide. Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Douglas-fir — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Tracy S., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tracy S. · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Pseudotsuga menziesii
Rank	species
Community observations	92,920 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Plantae › phylum Tracheophyta › class Pinopsida › order Pinales › family Pinaceae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Douglas-fir photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Route de la Fabrègue, Avèze, Occitanie, FR
(c) lauralagc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Douglas-fir photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Route de la Fabrègue, Avèze, Occitanie, FR
(c) mathieudpml, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Douglas-fir photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-21 · Humboldt County, US-CA, US
(c) Tyler Fisher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Douglas-fir photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · 100 Ave, Maple Ridge, BC, CA
(c) J. Wedel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Douglas-fir photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Springfield, OR, US
(c) fsolberg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Douglas-fir photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Roche Lake Rd, Thompson-Nicola, BC, CA
(c) Sherry Lu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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