With so many varieties sold as Christmas trees, knowing what differentiates a Douglas fir from a Norway spruce is key to shopping for a real tree you’ll love. You’re likely to see more than one ...
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is one of the premier species of the Western forests. Not only is the wood exceptionally strong for its weight, but the trees are abundant. Trees can grow more than ...
“The superlative trees,” Koomjian called them. One of the first of these trees they climbed as a group is the Brummit Fir (aka the Doerner Fir) — a 327-foot giant in Coos County, Oregon. “The Brummit ...