Bigcone Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa
Bigcone Douglas-fir is a drought-hardy southern California endemic with the largest cones of any Douglas-fir, clinging to dry chaparral mountainsides. A tough, fire-resistant evergreen for hot, dry slopes.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 30–80 ft
- Spacing
- 20–40 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow, brown, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~76 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- CA