Douglas Fir

Douglas Fir
   The Douglas fir is a beautiful evergreen tree that belongs to the pine family. It is very common in northwestern North America and the Rocky Mountains, and is the source of more timber than any other species of tree in America. It grows nearly three hundred feet tall and ten to twelve feet through the trunk, and may live up to 800 years. Only the Sequoia and redwoods of California are taller.
   Its discovery came about through a romantic explorer from Scotland, David Douglas (1798-1834), a botanist, who from 1823 to 1825 collected plant specimens in America for the Royal Horticultural Society and gave his name to the Douglas fir. Douglas's adventures took him into unexplored wilderness.
   Fortunately, he was a young man and could endure the hardships he encountered. He was gardener of Glasgow's Botanical Garden and collected several hundred plants unknown to Europe at that time. Further, he maintained complete journals of his experiences and his finds, which, when ultimately published, became a valuable source of information. Historians and naturalists have been indebted to him.
   Douglas's life came to a premature and grisly end. During an extended tour of the Hawaiian Islands, he was killed by a wild bull.

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