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Coast Douglas-fir cone, from a tree grown from seed collected by David Douglas in 1826. David Douglas (25 June 1799 – 12 July 1834) was a Scottish botanist, best known as the namesake of the Douglas fir. He worked as a gardener, and explored the Scottish Highlands, North America, and Hawaii, where he died. [1]
David Douglas (born 1798, Scone, Perthshire, Scot.—died July 12, 1834, Sandwich [Hawaiian] Islands) was a Scottish botanist who was a traveller and botanical collector in North America and for whom the Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii, or P. douglasii) and the primrose genus Douglasia are named.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
David Douglas's Discoveries & Introductions. David Douglas discovered thousands of plants, mosses and seaweeds. Many were not of interest to the Horticultural Society because they would not thrive in the British climate or were too fragile to succeed; and there was limited use of many of the mosses and seaweeds.
Learn about the life and achievements of David Douglas, a Scottish naturalist who collected and described hundreds of plants in the Pacific Northwest. He traveled with the Hudson's Bay Company and made important connections with other botanists, such as John Torrey and Thomas Nuttall.
1999 was the bicentenary of the birth of the Scotsman David Douglas (1799-1834), who became known as one of the most intrepid of all the remarkable plant hunters of the past 200 years. Douglas travelled to the Pacific Northwest of America as the first botanical explorer to the region and came across a wealth of plants.
Learn about the life and achievements of David Douglas, who introduced many new plants to Britain and gave his name to the Douglas Fir. Find out how he died mysteriously in Hawaii in 1834.
Sep 17, 2021 · Learn about the life and achievements of David Douglas, one of the most influential botanists of the 19th century. Discover how he explored North America and introduced many conifers and other plants to Scotland and the world.
