Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco

English: Douglas Fir

German: Douglasie, Douglastanne

Mandarin: 花旗松 (hua qi song)

Kingdom: Plantae (2653)

  Phylum: Pinophyta (22)

    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

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

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

• [21] Schütt,P. et al. (2004): Lexikon der Nadelbäume. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.