What type of grand fir is found in Washington State and Northern California?
Monte Cristo Natural Area Preserve Monte Cristo Natural Area Preserve in Klickitat County, Washington is part of the Washington Natural Areas Program. It protects 1,151 acres in the eastern Cascade Mountains owned by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. The landscape includes grand fir and Douglas fir forest, dry grassland, and shrubland with patches of Oregon white oak - Frémont silktassel chaparral.
Pseudotsuga lindleyana Pseudotsuga lindleyana, commonly known as the Mexican Douglas-fir, is a conifer in the genus "Pseudotsuga" that is endemic to Mexico. DNA sequence and morphological evidence suggests it is most closely related to Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir ("P. menziesii" var. "glauca") and might best be treated as an additional variety within "P. menziesii".