The world's oldest Douglas fir trees have lived over 1,000 years

The Douglas fir, besides called a Douglas tree, Oregon conifer oregon Douglas spruce, tin turn hundreds of feet precocious — and the oldest of the taxon tin unrecorded for implicit 1,000 years. 

The Douglas fir is the state histrion of Oregon. 

The taxon tin beryllium recovered from occidental British Columbia done cardinal California, according to Portland.gov. 

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The Douglas fir was named aft Scottish botanist David Douglas, according to Forestry and Land Scotland. In 1827, Douglas sent the archetypal effect of a Douglas fir to Britain from North America. 

The technological sanction for the Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, is derived from the sanction of the idiosyncratic who discovered the species. 

Douglas firs tin turn hundreds of feet gangly and unrecorded for hundreds of years — sometimes implicit 1,000 years.  (Getty Images)

The Douglas fir was discovered connected Vancouver Island successful 1791 by Archibald Menzies. 

The histrion comes successful 2 varieties, according to the National Wildlife Federation: the seashore Douglas fir and the Rocky Mountain Douglas fir. 

Coast Douglas firs thin to turn into the larger of the two.  

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They tin turn to beryllium astir 250 feet connected average, according to the federation, measuring 5-6 feet successful diameter. 

Rocky Mountain Douglas firs person that aforesaid diameter, but they don't usually turn arsenic tall. They usually scope astir 160 feet, the federation notes. 

The Douglas fir is the second-tallest histrion taxon successful the world, according to the National Park Service. The taxon holding the No. 1 spot is the coastal redwood. 

The seeds of Douglas firs are located wrong cones and are eaten by tiny mammals.  (Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Coastal redwoods usually turn to beryllium betwixt 300 and 350 feet, according to the National Park Service. 

The largest of the seashore Douglas firs usually unrecorded for astatine slightest 500 years, but determination person been examples of the trees surviving for implicit 1,000 years, according to the federation. 

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Rocky Mountain Douglas firs usually don't unrecorded arsenic long, typically lasting for nether 400 years. 

Douglas firs supply a habitat for galore creatures, and their seeds and sap are a nutrient source.

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Seeds are usually munched connected by chipmunks, reddish squirrels and different mammals of akin size, portion bears devour the tree's sap, according to the National Wildlife Association. 

Douglas firs are besides invaluable timber resources utilized for operation purposes and are commonly utilized to marque furniture.

Douglas fir trees capable galore Christmas histrion farms. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Many Douglas fir trees are utilized arsenic Christmas trees. 

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Fraser firs, noble firs and balsam firs are different taxon often utilized arsenic Christmas trees.