See also the page of homonymy Douglas

The kind Pseudotsuga belongs to the family of the Pinacées which gathers in particular the pine S and other species of Conifère S. In North America, it pushes especially on the Pacifique coast since the California, to British Columbia with the Canada.

General information

In France, the principal species of Pseudotsuga is the Pseudotsuga menziesii. The Douglas one is currently not very sensitive to the insects and pathogenic but the future will say if it can be seriously threatened following the example spruce by the scolytes), in particular in the context of the climate change. As it was frequently introduced on forest stations unsuited to its requirements one can fear risks. Deteriorations today are usually observed on these stations in particular since the episodes of heat wave and dryness observed since 2003.

External bonds

  • card (origins, history)
    • photo
  • and comment, site of the CRDP
  • Douglas France

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