Taxon: Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. menziesii

See other conspecific taxa:

• Pseudotsuga menziesii (3 accessions)
• Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (no accessions)

Common names:

• coastal Douglas-fir   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• Douglas-fir   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Douglas vert   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental
  
• Materials: gum/resin; wood   (fide HerbSpices)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as P. menziesii)
  
• Social: religious/secular   (Christmas tree fide F NAmer)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon, Washington
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Nevada [w.]

References:

• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Farjon, A. 1990. Pinaceae: Drawings and descriptions of the genera Abies, Cedrus, Pseudolarix, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Tsuga, Cathaya, Pseudotsuga, Larix and Picea. Regnum Veg. 121. (Pinaceae)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)

Synonyms:

• (≡) Abies menziesii Mirb. (basionym)
  
• (=) Abies mucronata Raf.
  
• (=) Abies taxifolia Poir.
  
• (=) Pinus douglasii Sabine ex D. Don
  
• (=) Pinus taxifolia Lamb.
  
• (=) Pseudotsuga douglasii (Sabine ex D. Don) Carrière
  
• (=) Pseudotsuga mucronata (Raf.) Sudw.
  
• (=) Pseudotsuga taxifolia Britton
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Pseudotsuga taxifolia var. viridis ined.
  

Check other databases for Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. menziesii:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii cultivars

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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