Re: Douglass-Firs

[rowe@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu (Mickey Rowe)]

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On Wed, 17 May 1995 Stang1996@aol.com wrote:

> the surrounding forest.  The actual old-growth forests of the north-west have
> almost no douglass-firs in them because the ground is too wet.

The old-growth forests where I've been collecting salamanders in Oregon
    this spring have been primarily composed of doug-fir.  However, there
    was one site near Mt.St. Helens composed mainly of very large hemlock.
    Composition I think is dependent on soil conditions, aspect and
    elevation. But it is wrong to think doug-fir would be limited under
    "too wet" conditions. There are some very large doug-fir trees on the
    Olympic Pennisula of Washington State and this is a very wet temperate
    rainforest climate.

    Steve Wagner
    Genetics Program
    Oregon State University