Pseudotsuga menziesii (N)

Common name: Douglas fir

Family name: Pinaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone:  4-6

Mature height and spread:  13-26m; 4-7m

Form: evergreen conifer

Water use: medium to wet

Soil requirements: medium to wet, well-drained soils; full sun

Leaf arrangement:  two ranks, 2-3cm, two wide stomatal band on the underside, narrow needles

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):  10cm long cones, with bracts like two back feet and tail of a mouse

Suitable uses:  great timber tree and forest tree, but not a good landscape when planting in towns and cities.

Quick ID description:  two ranks, stomatal band, bracts

Photographs:

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/FullImageDisplay.aspx?documentid=8487

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/psme8.htm