Douglas Fir Cone

$5.00

Douglas Fir Cone – Pseudostuga meziesii

These cards are blank on the inside and measure 5”x 7”.

Premium cardstock, together with an envelope, and in individual protective cellophane bags.

Free shipping included on orders of ten cards or more.

SKU: JD_C928186 Category:
  • BLANK NOTECARDS: These cards are great for any occasion: birthdays, thank yous, sympathy, or just saying hello.
  • UNIQUE ORIGINAL DESIGN: The perfect way to personalize your handwritten messages. Recipients are sure to be grateful for you going the extra mile with these cards! They also make an excellent gift for someone special.
  • QUALITY: These cards are printed on durable card stock, so friends and relatives can save your meaningful messages.
  • DOUBLES AS DECOR: Notecards work wonderfully as miniature art pieces to display on the desk or bulletin board.

Douglas fir – Pseudotsuga menziesii is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is native to western North America.  They are medium sized to extremely large evergreen trees, ranging up to 330 feet and commonly reach 8 ft in diameter.  The largest coastal Douglas-firs regularly live over 500 years, with the oldest specimens living for over 1,300 years.

The cones are pendulous, with persistent scales, unlike those of true firs, with distinctive long, three pointed bracts which protrude prominently above each scale and resemble the back half of a mouse, with two feet and a tail.  The cones are light brown when mature, measuring up to 4 inches long.

Douglas-fir seeds are an important food source for small mammals such as moles, shrews, and chipmunks, which consume an estimated 65% of each annual seed crop.  Mature Douglas-fir forests are the primary habitat of the red tree vole and the spotted owl.  Many different Native American groups used the bark, resin, and needles to make herbal treatments for various diseases.