Tsuga canadensis

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Common name: Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock

Family: Pinaceae (pine family)

Distribution: e. North America

IUCN Red list: Near threatened

Hardiness: USDA Zone 3

Life form: Evergreen tree

Comments: An evergreen tree growing to 75' or taller in its native habitat of northeastern U.S. A lovely, fine-textured and graceful tree with pendulous branchlets. Tops of the tree typically nod. Needles are dark green year-round, two-ranked, 1/2-3/4" long. Undersides of needles show colorful bands of white stomata. Functions superbly in masses and responds well to pruning back.

Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • The Plant List • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture

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1: ADG: AP09 (AP09) • Accession: D0000-1590.001
2: ADG: AS09 (AS09) • Accession: D0000-1598.001
3: CON: CR14 (CR14) • Accession: D0000-1630.001
4: DWD: AH03 (AH03) • Accession: D1986-0218.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
5: DWD: AI02 (AI02) • Accession: D0000-1565.001
6: DWD: AI03 (AI03) • Accession: D0000-1566.001
7: DWD: AI03 (AI03) • Accession: D0000-1567.001
8: DWD: AJ03 (AJ03) • Accession: D0000-1568.001
9: DWD: AJ03 (AJ03) • Accession: D0000-1569.001
10: DWD: AJ03 (AJ03) • Accession: D0000-1570.001
11: DWD: AJ05 (AJ05) • Accession: D1927-0062.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
12: DWD: AJ05 (AJ05) • Accession: D1927-0062.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
13: DWD: AJ05 (AJ05) • Accession: D1927-0062.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
14: DWD: AJ05 (AJ05) • Accession: D1927-0062.004 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
15: DWD: AJ05 (AJ05) • Accession: D1927-0062.005 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
16: DWD: AJ06 (AJ06) • Accession: D1927-0062.006 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
17: DWD: AJ06 (AJ06) • Accession: D1927-0062.007 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
18: DWD: AL03 (AL03) • Accession: D0000-1572.001
19: DWD: AL05 (AL05) • Accession: D0000-1575.001
20: DWD: AM05 (AM05) • Accession: D0000-1577.001

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Tsuga canadensis

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