It has nice glossy green needles and a strong pyramidal growth habit with pendulous lower branches that give it a very graceful appearance. Use it as a specimen plant. The cones are interesting -- each cone scale has a three-pointed bract. A well-grown Douglas fir in a snowclad winter landscape is a sight to behold. Douglas fir is native to mountainous areas of the West Coast; in the Pacific coastal regions, it can attain heights of up to 250'. An evergreen with grandeur