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Keywords: Pinaceae | Pseudotsuga sinensis Dode var. sinensis | 20773-0402-1980

Pseudotsuga sinensis var. sinensis

Update: Aug. 27, 2005 at 3:44pm PST: Fixed link to Flying Insects site - thanks Steve @ Venice Beach for pointing that out.

Chinese Douglas-fir is a relative of the Pacific Northwest's coast and Rocky Mountain Douglas-firs, Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. menziesii and Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. glauca. Unlike these North American Douglas-firs, though, its status is listed as “vulnerable”, like many of the plants that can be seen in the Asian Garden at UBC.

I promise that I'll reverse this week's colour trend on the weblog and ensure tomorrow's entry is a colour other than green.

Photography / Entomology resource link: A lot of buzz on the web recently about the ingenuity required for Photographing Flying Insects.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at August 27, 2005 12:42 AM

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Thanks for posting a picture of this rare tree. It's interesting that while P. menziesii is such a dominant, ubiquitous, and familair tree, that the other members of the genus are rare and relatively unknown. For those interested in the genus Pseudotsuga in North America, there is another species: P. macrocarpa is found on chaparral slopes, canyon bottoms, and mixed-conifer forests in southern California, but its range doesn't quite overlap with its more well-known cousin. Ron Lanner provides an excellent description of this species in his book "Conifers of California."

Posted by: matt at August 27, 2005 10:35 AM

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