Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco, 1950

Common names

🇬🇧 Douglas Fir
🇫🇷 Douglas de Menzies, Sapin de Douglas, Pin de l’Orégon, Douglas, Pseudotsuga de Menzies

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Class: Pinopsida
Subclass : Pinidae
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Subfamily: Pinoideae
Tribe: Lariceae
Genus: Pseudotsuga
Species: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Presence

Introduced, not established.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

P. menziesii var. glauca (Mayr) Franco, 1950, M;
P. menziesii var. menziesii (Mirb.) Franco, 1950, M.

Named after Archibald Menzies (1754-1842), a Scottish surgeon, botanist and naturalist.

Photographs

img/pseudotsuga-menziesii.webp — Pseudotsuga menziesii

img/pseudotsuga-menziesii-2.webp — Pseudotsuga menziesii

img/pseudotsuga-menziesii-3.webp — Pseudotsuga menziesii

Sources

Farjon, A. (2013). Pseudotsuga menziesii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2013. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42429A2979531.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 42). Biotope.