Pseudotsuga menziesii

Common names: Douglas fir, Douglas-fir, Douglas Fir, Rocky mountain douglas fir, douglas fir, mesic Douglas-fir

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Pinaceae

Roles: study subject, habitat plant, host plant, competitor, mentioned, habitat vegetation, habitat, managed species, habitat component

ITIS TSN: 183424

Synonyms: PSME, Douglas fir, P. menziesii

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 40 | Mentions: 86

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 79 entities)

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Publications (40)

article

A Bayesian record linkage approach to applications in tree demography using overlapping LiDAR scans

2025Annals of Applied StatisticsRole: text_match

article

Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed

2025Remote Sensing of EnvironmentRole: study subject

article

Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability

2025Hydrology and Earth System ScienceRole: text_match

article

Contrasting depth dependencies of plant root presence and mass across biomes underscore prolific root-regolith interactions

2025AGU AdvancesRole: text_match

article

Host species and geographic location shape microbial diversity and functional potential in the conifer needle microbiome

2025MicrobiomeRole: study subject

article

Opportunistic short-term water uptake dynamics by subalpine trees observed via in situ water isotope measurements

2025Water Resources ResearchRole: text_match

article

Soil signals of key mechanisms driving greater protection of organic carbon under aspen compared to spruce forests in a North American montane ecosystem

2025Biogeosciences

Documents (38)

management plan

"Schedule of Proposed Actions" for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests.

technical report

1980

technical report

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

technical report

Allocation of Forest Management Practices on Public Lands

management plan

Amendment Number 18

technical report

An Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Reuse System to Enhance Wildlife and Other Estuarine Values

environmental assessment

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

environmental assessment

BLM Wilderness: The Colorado Proposal

technical report

Bio-fuels: 2003

environmental assessment

Buttes Gas & Oil Iron Hill – Powder Horn

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federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for the Contiguous U.S. Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx and Related Rule

Co-occurring Species

Role: text_match

article

Declining groundwater storage expected to amplify mountain streamflow reductions in a warmer world

2024Nature WaterRole: text_match

article

Scaling Landscape Fire History: Wildfires Not Historically Frequent in the Main Population of Threatened Gunnison Sage-Grouse

2024FireRole: text_match

student_paper

Stem and canopy growth analysis in Picea Engelmannii with UAVs and field measurements

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Altitude on the Growth, Mortality, and Recruitment of Subalpine Tree Species in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado.

2023Role: study subject

article

Interannual precipitation controls on soil CO2 fluxes in high elevation conifer and aspen forests

2023Environmental Research LettersRole: text_match

chapter

Silviculture

2023Role: host plant

student_paper

The Influence of Forest Structure and Composition on Transpiration Rates Among Drought-Stressed Conifer Species in the Upper East River Watershed

2023Role: text_match

other

An Extreme Number of Sensors in One Spot

2022Mt. Views ChronicleRole: mentioned

student_paper

Forest Fuels and Management Considerations at the Willey Conservation Easement, Colorado

2022Role: study subject

article

Wetter summers mitigated temperature stress on Rocky Mountain forests during the last interglacial warm period

2021Geophysical Research Letters, e2021GL093678Role: text_match

article

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

2020Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

article

Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variability of Evapotranspiration and Its Governing Factors in a Mountainous Watershed

2019WaterRole: text_match

article

The depredation of Mountain White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophyrys oriantha) nests by the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) and long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)

2019The Wilson J. of OrnithologyRole: habitat vegetation

student_paper

Effects of Light Availability on Aspen Understory Species

2018Role: text_match

thesis

Differences in Evolutionary History and Ploidy Type Shape the Interactions of Populus tremuloides Michx. with Climate

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Didymosphenia germinata on American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) Territory Size

2017Role: habitat

student_paper

Temperature and Nestling Development: Temporal Variations in Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha Feeding Frequency

2016Role: host plant

article

Altered Fire Regimes and the Persistence of Quaking Aspen in the Rocky Mountains: A Literature Review

2015Open Journal of ForestryRole: competitor

article

Effects of proximity to riparian zones on avian species richness and abundance in montane aspen woodlands.

2015Journal of Field OrnithologyRole: text_match

article

Aspen (Populus tremuloides) stand dynamics and understory plant community changes over 46 years near Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

2014Forest Ecology and ManagementRole: study subject

student_paper

Plant community light efficiency: measuring light response as a function of both photosynthesis irradiance.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Effect of location on plant species richness and diversity in Aspen (Populus tremuloides) understory: edge vs. inner forest habitat

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Examining top-down and bottom up effects on aphid abundance on Ligusticum porteri

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

Understanding the importance of coniferous understory versus open meadows for bees in times of drought

2012Role: text_match

article

Forest responses to increasing aridity and warmth in the southwestern United States

2010Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesRole: study subject

article

The effects of phenological mismatches on demography

2010Phil Trans Royal Society BRole: text_match

article

Using tree rings to predict the response of tree growth to climate change in the continental United States during the twenty-first century

2010Earth InteractionsRole: study subject

article

A comparative study of the cost of alternative mayfly oviposition behaviors.

2007Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologyRole: habitat plant

other

Tree-Ring Resources of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

2005Role: study subject

article

Dead wood biomass and turnover time, measured by radiocarbon, along a subalpine elevation gradient

2004OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

Red-naped Sapsucker nest tree selection and effects on the willow breeding bird community

2004Role: text_match

article

Distribution of Corticolous Noncrustose Lichens on Trunks of Rocky Mountain Junipers in Boulder County, Colorado

1983The BryologistRole: text_match

article

Cryptogam Distributions on Pseudotsuga menziesii and Abies lasiocarpa in the Front Range, Boulder County, Colorado

1975The BryologistRole: text_match

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposal To List the Contiguous United States Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx as a Threatened Species; and the Captive Population of Canada Lynx Within the Coterminous United States (lower 48 States) as Threatened Due to Similarity of Appearance, With a Special Rule

technical report

Environmental Decision-Making in the United States Forest Service: the Decision Maker and the Guidelines

technical report

Field Excursion to Colorado and Utah, Western United States

Document

Forest Plan Amendments 2 through 11

Document

Gunnison Country Area Description

Document

Gunnison County Fuels Planning

Document

Highlight of the 1989 Resource Planning Act Assessment

Document

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

federal register notice

Land and Resource Management Plan Amendments for Canada Lynx in Colorado and Southern Wyoming

federal register notice

Land and Resource Management Plan Direction for Canada Lynx in Colorado and Southern Wyoming

Document

Letter to Bill Sexton from Conservation Groups about San Juan Negotiations

Document

Moist Forests

environmental assessment

Mount Emmons Environmental Report Volume III

environmental assessment

Mount Emmons Mining Project Environmental Impact Statement Ch. 3 & 4

technical report

Native Plant Revegetation Guide for Colorado

management plan

Natural Resource Plan: Planning and Management Region 10 Colorado- Appendix A Maps

county plan

Poncha Springs, Comprehensive Plan_1998

technical report

Potential Uses of Abandoned Underground Mines

correspondence

Re: White River Forest Plan Revision

environmental assessment

Roadless Area Review Announcement and Draft Environmental Statement of New Wilderness Study Areas Rocky Mountain Region

federal register notice

Rocky Mountain Region: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Eastern Wyoming; Legal Notice of the Opportunity To Comment on Certain Proposed Actions and of Decisions Subject to Notice and Comment

technical report

San Luis Vega & Garrett Hardin: The Commons in Cross-Cultural Perspective

county plan

Sheridan County Data Base Book

technical report

Stream Channel Recerence Sites: An Illustrated Guide to Field Technique

management plan

The Fossil Ridge Wilderness a proposal

technical report

Trees for Conservation: A Buyers Guide

environmental assessment

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 79 entities)

Publications (40)

A Bayesian record linkage approach to applications in tree demography using overlapping LiDAR scans

Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed

Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability

Contrasting depth dependencies of plant root presence and mass across biomes underscore prolific root-regolith interactions

Host species and geographic location shape microbial diversity and functional potential in the conifer needle microbiome

Opportunistic short-term water uptake dynamics by subalpine trees observed via in situ water isotope measurements

Soil signals of key mechanisms driving greater protection of organic carbon under aspen compared to spruce forests in a North American montane ecosystem

Documents (38)

"Schedule of Proposed Actions" for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests.

1980

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Allocation of Forest Management Practices on Public Lands

Amendment Number 18

An Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Reuse System to Enhance Wildlife and Other Estuarine Values

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

BLM Wilderness: The Colorado Proposal

Bio-fuels: 2003

Buttes Gas & Oil Iron Hill – Powder Horn

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for the Contiguous U.S. Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx and Related Rule

Co-occurring Species

Pseudotsuga menzeisii

Picea engelmannii

Abies lasiocarpa

Populus tremuloides

Pinus ponderosa

Pinus contorta

Pinus albicaulis

Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Ponderosa pine

Pseudotsuga species

Declining groundwater storage expected to amplify mountain streamflow reductions in a warmer world

Scaling Landscape Fire History: Wildfires Not Historically Frequent in the Main Population of Threatened Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Stem and canopy growth analysis in Picea Engelmannii with UAVs and field measurements

Effects of Altitude on the Growth, Mortality, and Recruitment of Subalpine Tree Species in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado.

Interannual precipitation controls on soil CO2 fluxes in high elevation conifer and aspen forests

Silviculture

The Influence of Forest Structure and Composition on Transpiration Rates Among Drought-Stressed Conifer Species in the Upper East River Watershed

An Extreme Number of Sensors in One Spot

Forest Fuels and Management Considerations at the Willey Conservation Easement, Colorado

Wetter summers mitigated temperature stress on Rocky Mountain forests during the last interglacial warm period

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variability of Evapotranspiration and Its Governing Factors in a Mountainous Watershed

The depredation of Mountain White-crowned Sparrow (<i>Zonotrichia leucophyrys oriantha</i>) nests by the golden-mantled ground squirrel (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>) and long-tailed weasel (<i>Mustela frenata</i>)

Effects of Light Availability on Aspen Understory Species

Differences in Evolutionary History and Ploidy Type Shape the Interactions of <i>Populus tremuloides</i> Michx. with Climate

Effects of <i>Didymosphenia germinata</i> on American Dipper (<i>Cinclus mexicanus</i>) Territory Size

Temperature and Nestling Development: Temporal Variations in <i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i> Feeding Frequency

Altered Fire Regimes and the Persistence of Quaking Aspen in the Rocky Mountains: A Literature Review

Effects of proximity to riparian zones on avian species richness and abundance in montane aspen woodlands.

Aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) stand dynamics and understory plant community changes over 46 years near Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

Plant community light efficiency: measuring light response as a function of both photosynthesis irradiance.

Effect of location on plant species richness and diversity in Aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i>) understory: edge vs. inner forest habitat

Examining top-down and bottom up effects on aphid abundance on Ligusticum porteri

Understanding the importance of coniferous understory versus open meadows for bees in times of drought

Forest responses to increasing aridity and warmth in the southwestern United States

The effects of phenological mismatches on demography

Using tree rings to predict the response of tree growth to climate change in the continental United States during the twenty-first century

A comparative study of the cost of alternative mayfly oviposition behaviors.

Tree-Ring Resources of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

Dead wood biomass and turnover time, measured by radiocarbon, along a subalpine elevation gradient

Red-naped Sapsucker nest tree selection and effects on the willow breeding bird community

Distribution of Corticolous Noncrustose Lichens on Trunks of Rocky Mountain Junipers in Boulder County, Colorado

Cryptogam Distributions on Pseudotsuga menziesii and Abies lasiocarpa in the Front Range, Boulder County, Colorado

Environmental Decision-Making in the United States Forest Service: the Decision Maker and the Guidelines

Field Excursion to Colorado and Utah, Western United States

Forest Plan Amendments 2 through 11

Gunnison Country Area Description

Gunnison County Fuels Planning

Highlight of the 1989 Resource Planning Act Assessment

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

Land and Resource Management Plan Amendments for Canada Lynx in Colorado and Southern Wyoming

Land and Resource Management Plan Direction for Canada Lynx in Colorado and Southern Wyoming

Letter to Bill Sexton from Conservation Groups about San Juan Negotiations

Moist Forests

Mount Emmons Environmental Report Volume III

Mount Emmons Mining Project Environmental Impact Statement Ch. 3 & 4

Native Plant Revegetation Guide for Colorado