Taiwan Douglas-fir                     soo-do-TSOO-ga

• Conifer, evergreen tree, to about 65-80 ft (20-25 m) tall, bark thick, corky, deeply fissured into scaly ridges.  Young shoots red-brown then more gray, buds oval-conical, apex pointed.  Leaves flat, linear, slightly curved, to about 5 cm long and 0.15 cm wide, apex emarginate (notch), midrib grooved the entire length above, keeled with 2 stomatal bands beneath.  Cones pendant, about 6 cm long and 3 cm wide, scale nearly 3 cm wide and bract scales with reflexed tips, with long, awl-shaped middle lobes and 2 triangular, short acuminate side lobes.  Seeds winged, about 1.5-2 mm long.
• Sun.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 7 or lower     Native to China and Taiwan.   Some consider it a variety of P. sinensis [P. s. var. wilsoniana] and distinguish it from the type variety by its gray-green, rather that white, stomatal bands and that it is native to Taiwan, whereas the "type" in found on the mainland.
• wilsoniana:
• Oregon State Univ.: a small collection in McDonald Forest on a trail off Road 540.