Methods for resolving electrophoretic variants from extracts of needle tissue of coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) are described, and the inheritance of 12 of at least 15 loci that control allozymes from 11 enzyme systems are established. Evidence for the inheritance of allozyme variants was obtained in three ways: (i) comparison in seed orchard clones of allozyme genotypes determined from both megagametophyte and needle tissue; (ii) analysis of segregating full-sib progenies of seed orchard clones; and (iii) comparison of needle allozyme pattern phenotypes to previously reported embryo phenotypes. Ten of the 12 loci (coding phosphoglucomutase, PGM(1) and PGM(2); glycerate dehydrogenase, GLYDH; phosphoglucose isomerase, PG1(2); glutamate dehydrogenase, GDH; glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, G-6PD; 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, 6-PGD(1); isocitrate dehydrogenase, IDH; diaphorase, DIA(2); malate dehydrogenase, MDH(1)) produce clear bands in seed tissue; however, glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase GOT(3) (N) was not found in seeds and shikimic dehydrogenase (SDH) could only be clearly resolved in needles (N). Several enzymes active in seed tissue could not be detected in needle tissues.Key words: Douglas-fir, needle tissue isozymes, inheritance.