Pseudosuga menzesii
This conifer has deeply furrowed gray to brown bark and the pointed leaves arranged in a spiral with one groove in the top of the leaf and a lighter shade of green on the underside. Most distinguishable is the cones which have many three pronged bracts that are all longer than the
scales of the cone.

A common tree throughout the Northwest, the Douglas-fir can be found from dry lowlands to moist mountain areas. In wetlands however, they are found mostly in uplands (traditional zones between the wetland and drier area).

The Douglas-firs at Hylebos have adapted to the acidic soil. They receive their nutrients from the minerals in soil deposits carried into the adjacent marshes by small creeks and seasonal flooding.