Hi guys, I don't want to sound stupid but what species are all these 100+ feet tall trees in the lower mainland? They are evergreen and very tall.
Douglas fir is one the most common large conifers in the lower mainland. The other one that is quite frequent in the area is our provincial tree, Thuja plicata (western red cedar [not cedar as in Cedrus genus, rather cedar as in fragrant wood]). Both trees are evergreens that can grow over 100 feet tall. Most of the trees we see in the area are second growth. Western red cedar is probably more common, but is a slow grower and often will not have attained heights of 100 feet. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/eflora/E-FloraTreesofBritishColumbia.html http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/docs/mr/mr112/page08.htm
Dear Blueberry. First - Welcome to the forum. 2nd - there are no stupid questions. Eric and Vitog gave you the best info on our largest trees. I gather you are from another area so a bit of history. About the late 1800's the boats that supplied goods and services from the lower Puget Sound to Alaska were all steam driven. All the San Juan Islands and many other areas were heavily logged to supply wood for the steam engines on what they called the Mosquito Fleet. That is the reason we have basically no old growth timber left. Barb ;))
