The Queets Fir is a superlative

Douglas fir The Douglas fir (''Pseudotsuga menziesii'') is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae. It is the tallest tree in the Pinaceae family. It is native to western North America and is also known as Douglas-fir, Douglas spruce, Or ...

about 2.5 miles from the Queets River Trail trailhead, on Coal Creek, a tributary of Queets River in the

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State. It was known for fifty years, beginning in 1945, as the largest known fir by volume, and is still largest known in diameter.The Gymnosperm Database: Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. menziesii
last modified 2018-12-23; accessed 2019-01-05 It has a height of at least , circumference , and spread of . It was listed as national co-champion Douglas fir by ''

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'', and one of only a handful of "undisputed megatrees" in North America with over 800 points.

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