View source for Pseudotsuga macrocarpa

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|accepted_name=Pseudotsuga macrocarpa
|accepted_authority=(Vasey) Mayr
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Wald. Nordamer.
|place=278, plates 6, 8, 9. 1890
|year=1890
}}
|common_names=Bigcone Douglas-fir;bigcone-spruce
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Abies macrocarpa
|authority=Vasey
|publication_title=Gard. Monthly &amp; Hort.
|publication_place=18: 21. 1876 (Jan.)
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pseudotsuga californica
|authority=Flous
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pseudotsuga douglasii var. macrocarpa
|authority=(Vasey) Engelmann
}}
|hierarchy=Pinaceae;Pseudotsuga;Pseudotsuga macrocarpa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pseudotsuga]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pseudotsuga macrocarpa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>to 44m; trunk to 2.3m diam.; crown broadly conic. <b>Twigs</b> slender, glabrous or pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> (20–)25–45 × 1–1.5mm, bluish green, apex mucronulate. <b>Pollen</b> cones pale yellow. <b>Seed</b> cones 9–20 × 4–7cm. <b>Seeds</b> 9–12mm. <b>2n</b> =24.</span><!--

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|habitat=Slopes, cliffs, and canyons, in chaparral and mixed coniferous forests
|elevation=200–2400m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p><i>Pseudotsuga macrocarpa</i>, a tree of scattered occurrence and of no concern for timber, is valuable for esthetics and watershed protection. The northernmost stands of the species, in Kern County, are about 35 kilometers east of the closest approach of <i>P. menziesii</i>.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=minnich1982a
|text=Minnich, R.A. 1982. Pseudotsuga macrocarpa in Baja California? Madroño 29: 22--31.
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name=Pseudotsuga macrocarpa
|author=
|authority=(Vasey) Mayr
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Pseudotsuga californica;Pseudotsuga douglasii var. macrocarpa
|basionyms=Abies macrocarpa
|family=Pinaceae
|habitat=Slopes, cliffs, and canyons, in chaparral and mixed coniferous forests
|elevation=200–2400m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=minnich1982a
|publication title=Wald. Nordamer.
|publication year=1890
|special status=
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|genus=Pseudotsuga
|species=Pseudotsuga macrocarpa
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