Several hundred two year old Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga
menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) seedlings were planted in an enclosure
designed to permit control of soil moisture. The seedlings came
from five seed sources in southern Oregon and one seed source in
northwestern Oregon. Mortality terminal and lateral budburst,
and soil moisture were recorded...
Although the Douglas-fir region of the northwestern United States and British Columbia is frequently considered to have a common silviculture, obstacles to successful regeneration of the species range from competing vegetation and mammals on the mesic sites to extreme drought and heat on the xeric southerly exposures in northern California...