Editing Douglas fir (section)

==Taxonomy==
The common name honors [[David Douglas (botanist)|David Douglas]], a Scottish botanist and collector who first reported the extraordinary nature and potential of the species. The common name is misleading since it is not a true fir, i.e., not a member of the genus ''[[Abies]]''. For this reason, the name is often written as '''Douglas-fir''' (a name also used for the genus ''[[Pseudotsuga]]'' as a whole). Douglas' connection to the Douglas fir is told in the 1962 ''[[Death Valley Days]]'' episode  'Grass Man'.<ref name=":02" /><ref name="orstate">{{cite web |title=Douglas-fir (''Pseudotsuga'') |url=http://oregonstate.edu/trees/conifer_genera/douglas_fir.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219223614/http://oregonstate.edu/trees/conifer_genera/douglas_fir.html |archive-date=2012-12-19 |access-date=2022-02-13 |work=Common Trees of the Pacific Northwest |publisher=Oregon State University}}</ref>

The specific epithet ''menziesii'' is after [[Archibald Menzies]], a Scottish physician and rival [[Natural history|naturalist]] to David Douglas. Menzies first documented the tree on [[Vancouver Island]] in 1791. Colloquially, the species is also known simply as '''Doug fir'''<ref name="wilson2008" /> or '''Douglas pine'''<ref name="wilson2008" /> (although the latter common name may also refer to ''[[Pinus douglasiana]]'').<ref name="iucnpindoug">{{cite iucn|title=''Pinus douglasiana''|page=e.T42357A2974933|author=Farjon, A.|date=2013|volume=2013|access-date=19 November 2021|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42357A2974933.en}}</ref> Other names for this tree have included '''Oregon pine''',<ref name="calflorassp" /> '''British Columbian pine''',<ref name="wilson2008" /> '''Puget Sound pine''',<ref name="wilson2008" /> '''Douglas spruce''',<ref name="wilson2008" /> '''false hemlock''',<ref name="calflorassp" /> '''red fir''',<ref name="calflorassp" /> or '''red pine'''<ref name="calflorassp" /> (although again red pine may refer to a different tree species, ''[[Pinus resinosa]]'', and red fir may refer to ''[[Abies magnifica]]'').<ref name="usdapire">{{PLANTS|id=PIRE|taxon=Pinus resinosa|access-date=2018-11-07}}</ref>

One [[Coast Salish]] name for the tree, used in the [[Halkomelem]] language, is {{lang|hur|lá:yelhp|italic=yes}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Galloway |first=Brent Douglas |title=Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem |volume=I |page=213}}</ref> In the [[Lushootseed]] language, the tree is called {{lang|hur|čəbidac|italic=yes}}.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 18, 2017 |title=čəbidac |url=https://tulaliplushootseed.com/encyclopedia/suk%cc%93%ca%b7%c9%99b-2/ |work=Lushootseed: the language of Puget Sound}}</ref>