Taxon: Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco

Summary

Genus:

Pseudotsuga

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

30192

Place of publication:

Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 24:77. 1950

Verified:

05/14/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks.

Other conspecific taxa

Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco (0 active accession[s])
Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. menziesii (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pseudotsuga taxifolia Britton var. glauca (Beissn.) Sudw.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pseudotsuga macrolepis Flous
Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. caesia (Schwer.) Franco
Pseudotsuga taxifolia Britton var. caesia (Schwer.) Asch. & Graebn.

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Farjon, A. 1990. Pinaceae: Drawings and descriptions of the genera Abies, Cedrus, Pseudolarix, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Tsuga, Cathaya, Pseudotsuga, Larix and Picea. Regnum Veg. 121
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

Common names

LANGUAGE	NAME	SEQ	CITATION
English	Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	Douglas bleu	2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
French	Douglas du Colorado	2	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Italian	pseudotsuga glauca	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Italian	pseudotsuga grigia	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Spanish	pino real colorado	2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Swedish	blå douglasgran	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America		Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Wyoming
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Nevada	e.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta	s.w.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia

Native
Northern America

WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta (s.w.), British Columbia]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Nevada (e.), Utah]
REGION: Mexico

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Materials	gum/resin		Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=30192. Accessed 27 May 2026.