Common name
English: Douglas Fir
German: Douglasie, Douglastanne
Mandarin: 花旗松 (hua qi song)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2594)
Phylum: Pinophyta (35)
Class: Pinopsida (36)
Order: Pinales (35)
Family: Pinaceae (18)
Genus: Pseudotsuga (1)
Epithet: menziesii (Mirb.) Franco (1)
Synonyms: Abies menziesii Mirb., Pseudotsuga mucronata (Raf.) Sudw.
menziesii => after Archibald Menzies, a famous Scottish botanist
mucronata => terminating, an organ with a straight, stiff and sharp point
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
External links
Check for Pseudotsuga menziesii at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [78] Pseudotsuga menziesii - Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida
- [654] Pseudotsuga menziesii - Plants For A Future database
- [1563] Pseudotsuga menziesii - Flora of China @ efloras.org