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- adjective Menzies (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Menzies's ..."
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mixed stands of Douglas-fir with some Garry oak (Quercus garrayana), Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) and arbutus (Arbutus menziesii) are common on drier sites.
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Sanguisorba menziesii, three pots, were purchased from Arrowhead Alpines, along with several other must haves.
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Before cultivation and European settlement, the Puget Sound lowland forests were dominated by dense coniferous forests most commonly made up of western red cedar, western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii).
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Arctostaphylos spp. and chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum or mixed coniferous forest with ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa, incense-cedar Calocedrus decurrens, Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii, white fir Abies concolor and California black oak Quercus kelloggii.
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The major forest complex consists of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), encompassing seral forests dominated by Douglas-fir and massive old-growth forests of fir, hemlock, western red cedar (Thuja plicata), and other species.
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Forest cover ranges from lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) with quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), white spruce (Picea glauca), and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) on the plateau to Douglas-fir and pine grass at moderate mid-slope elevations.
Okanagan dry forests 2008
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Montane forests include lodgepole pine, trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides), white spruce (P. glauca) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii).
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Typical species are Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii and lodgepole pine Pinus contorta (R).
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Typical species include Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii, white spruce, Picea glauca, aspen Populus tremuloides and poplar Populus balsamifera.
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The driest areas in eastern Vancouver Island are comprised of mixed stands of Douglas-fir and western hemlock with occasional Garry oak (Quercus garryana), Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) and arbutus (Arbutus menziesii).
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