First time visitor to these parts and I was amazed there wasn't a cache nearby to bring attention to this amazing Pseudotsuga specimen!
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is a prominent member of the coast redwood community, both for its size and it frequent occurrence. Found in many places of western North America, it is not a true fir at all, nor a pine or spruce. The hyphen in the common name means that the common name does not correctly indicate its proper botanical group, that is, the Douglas-fir is not a "true" fir — it is not a member of the genus Abies.
It is a distinct species, named after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish physician and naturalist who first discovered the tree on Vancouver Island in 1791, and David Douglas, the Scottish botanist who later identified the tree in the Pacific Northwest in 1826 and introduced it into Europe.
It's Latin name, "Pseudotsuga", means "False Hemlock" and reflects the fact that it gave botonists fits for years as they tried to classify it. The species is known by a number of common names including Oregon Pine, British Columbian Pine, Red Fir and even Douglastree; however, the U.S. Forest Service settled on Douglas-fir some years ago.
Parking coordinates provided. Please do not bushwhack in from the highway as the rangers are not overly fond of that!