West of the Cascades, you could guess that any evergreen tree you see is Douglas-fir, and you would be right eight of 10 times. There are 30 species of conifers and 37 species of hardwoods found in Oregon's forests. The largest Douglas-fir in Oregon is 329 feet tall located in Coos County's Brummet Creek. The Tillamook Burn, which actually comprised four fires between 1933 and 1951 and destroyed 360,882 acres. However, because of the world's largest reforestation effort, the area in Northwest Oregon is a healthy, growing forest.
People cause the most fires.
On the average, at least 60 percent of all wildfires are human-caused. The remainder are caused by lightning. Conifers are often called evergreens because most hold their leaves all year long. However, some conifers are deciduous. All conifers are also called softwoods because their wood is relatively soft when compared with that of other trees.