Pseudotsuga ( Douglas Fir )

The signature tree of the Pacific Northwest, this broadly conical tree when young, becomes columnar and spreading with age. When young, bark is smooth and gray, then thick, corky, deeply ridged, reddish-brown. Sharp reddish-brown buds open to linear dark-green leaves, […]

Pseudosasa usawai ( Usawai Pseudosasa )

Medium-sized evergreen bamboo growing to 15 feet tall, with stems 3/4 inches in diameter. Small to medium-size runners, each node usually only producing a single branch. Native to Taiwan. It can be found at elevations up to 4,000 feet.