Douglas-fir, a native evergreen tree, has short needles and a strong pyramidal growth habit with pendulous lower branches that give it a very graceful appearance. 'Compacta Glauca' is much smaller than the species and the needles are blue-green. The cones are interesting – they hang downward and 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 the Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific Coast; in the Pacific coastal regions, it can attain heights of up to 250'.