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Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco (or (Mayr) Franco ?). Young cones with their spreading bracts coupled with bluish-green to dark-green needles in part distinguish the interior from the coastal variety.September 5, 2011, Wasatch Plateau, Huntington Canyon, northwestern corner of Emery County, Utah at approx. 7,195 ft. elev.

Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco (or (Mayr) Franco ?). Young cones with their spreading bracts coupled with the bluish-green to dark-green needles in part distinguish the interior from the coastal variety.September 5, 2011, Wasatch Plateau, Huntington Canyon, northwestern corner of Emery County, Utah at approx. 7,195 ft. elev.

Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco (or (Mayr) Franco ?). September 5, 2011, Wasatch Plateau, Huntington Canyon, northwestern corner of Emery County, Utah at approx. 7,195 ft. elev.

Douglas Fir(Psuedotsuga menziesii) cones are unique in having those protruding bracts between the scales. I have heard them descried as "Snake Tongues".

Cone on a Douglas fir tree, at a Christmas tree farm west of Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Guildford, England, United Kingdom

Leaves of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cultivated in New Zealand. Photographed on 22 October 2004.www.inaturalist.org/observations/54454178

Pseudotsuga menziesii

A description of the genus Pinus :.London :J. White,1803-1824..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31681255

Georgetown, Colorado, United States

Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cultivated in New Zealand. Photographed on 22 October 2004.www.inaturalist.org/observations/54454178

Redmond, Washington, United States

mature and immature cones.

Ridgewood ranch. Grass-hardwood type. Garry oak. Associated species: Pseudotsuga menziesii. Quad name: Willits. Quad number: 46B.