Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Douglas-fir

Family: Pinaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Douglas-fir is a native conifer found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, California Ranges, northern and central Sierra Nevada, Central Coast, San Francisco Bay Area, and southern Coast Ranges in mixed-evergreen and mixed-conifer forests at elevations up to 2,200 meters. The tree produces tiny reddish flowers in spring, developing into distinctive seed cones with dramatically protruding bracts. Growing impressively tall with mature trees reaching up to 67 meters high and developing a rounded crown, it features large upper branches that spread broadly. Its needles are 2 to 4 centimeters long, arranged in a distinctive feather-like pattern along the branches. Mature Douglas-fir trees create iconic silhouettes in California's forest landscapes, with massive trunks up to 4.4 meters wide and a stately, rounded canopy.

Habitat: Widespread in mixed-evergreen, mixed-conifer forests

Elevation: < 2200 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoR, CaRH, n&ampc SNH, CCo, SnFrB, SCoRO

California counties: Del Norte, El Dorado, Butte, Siskiyou, Shasta, Placer, Nevada, Amador, Napa, Modoc, Marin, Plumas, Humboldt, Trinity, Lake, Mendocino, Tehama, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Mariposa, Sonoma, Monterey, Glenn, San Francisco, Tuolumne, Colusa, San Luis Obispo, Alameda, Sierra, Lassen, Yuba, Fresno

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.