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Douglas fir

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Douglas fir

Douglas fir produces tough, durable timber, suitable for building. Compared with radiata pine, it is slow to become established and grows best in areas of high rainfall.

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New Zealand Douglas-Fir

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Michael Roche, Exotic forestry – Forestry in the 1800s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16526/douglas-fir (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Michael Roche, published 1 March 2009.