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Our location in the interior of British Columbia, Canada provides a selection of logs unsurpassed worldwide. Only premium quality logs are hand selected from trees growing at high elevations. These trees experience slower growth rates, resulting in a higher structural value due to tighter annual growth rings. In addition to strength, each log is hand selected based on straightness of grain and consistency of size.

WOOD SPECIES: Douglas Fir

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Douglas Fir is a very strong wood with a rich reddish heartwood. Generally tight growth rings, straight grain, medium heavy with good resistance to mildew and fungus.

Due to its high strength, Fir is the perfect choice for timber frame homes.

pseudotsuga menziesii
Also known as Coast Douglas-fir, Oregon Pine, Oregon Douglas-fir, Douglas Tree, Interior Douglas-fir. This is not a fir at all but 'Pseudotsuga' or "False Hemlock"
Named after the Scottish botanist, David Douglas, who introduced many of BC's native conifers to Europe.

UNIQUE FEATURES:

distinctive three-forked bracts between the scales on the cones
light yellow with orange tints to exterior of peeled logs
tight grain, redish brown interior heart wood

LOCATION:

British Columbia southern mainland coast, Vancouver Island
an interior variety is found throughout southern and central BC

SIZE:

can reach up to 85 meters in height on the coast and 42 meters in the interior

WOOD CHARACTERISTICS:

dense, hard, stiff, durable, strong

USES:

modern - heavy duty construction such as log homes, trestles, bridge parts and commercial buildings
traditional - wood: fuel, fishing hooks, handles, snowshoes, fishtraps; boughs: floor coverings; seeds: eaten; twigs/needles: can exude a sugar like substance which was prized

CONES:

5 to 11 cm long
green when young, turning to brown as they age
papery scales, with three pronged bracts (resembling mouse hind legs and tail) in between them
have winged seeds
seeds are eaten by birds and small animals

NEEDLES:

flat with pointed tips
bright yellowish-green with single groove on upper surface
paler colour on lower surface
spirally arranged so appear to stand out around the twig

BARK:

smooth, grey-brown, blistered when young
furrowed, thick, dark reddish-brown ridges as the tree ages
bears scrape off the bark to eat the sap layer beneath

QUICK/EASY ID (identification) for DOUGLAS FIR:

cones: forked
needles: flat, fragrant, friendly (the boughs are soft to the touch when you run your hand up and down)
bark: furrowed

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