What Is a Douglas Fir Tree?
A Douglas fir tree is a large coniferous evergreen tree native to North America, Mexico, and eastern Asia. There are five known species of the tree, all in the family Pinaceae. It can be found in high elevations, between 6,000 and 10,000 feet (1,830 and 3,050 meters) above sea level, and thrives in cool, moist, mountainous areas. Large forests of the trees once grew in the southern Rocky Mountains in the United States, but these have mostly been cut for their wood.
