Douglas fir

[< David Douglas, Scottish botanist, 1799-1834]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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red fir, yellow fir, B.C. fir

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Pseudotsuga taxifolia, the largest tree native to Canada.

1877

The hillsides and the country beyond support a growth of splendid spruce, black pine, and Douglas fir. . . .

1958

. . . the survival of the wonderful Douglas Fir as a Canadian species . . . seems assured through the forest-management licenses of recent years.

1963

We plundered the lordly pine of eastern Canada and even now we are slaughtering the giant Douglas firs of the Pacific coast.

the wood of this tree.

1888

The hotel is furnished throughout in red and yellow Douglas fir and white pine, oiled and varnished.

1952

Douglas fir is one of the best structural timbers, and is used in the construction of buildings and bridges.

1958

. . . his is perhaps the only building in Canada paneled in B.C. softwoods--in cedar, pine and hemlock and . . . plain Douglas Fir ply. . . .