Tsuga canadensis - Wikipedia
Tsuga canadensis, also known as eastern hemlock, [3] eastern hemlock-spruce, [4] or Canadian hemlock, and in the French-speaking regions of Canada as pruche du Canada, is a coniferous tree native to eastern North America.
Eastern Hemlock Tree Images and Facts - Treehugger
Mar 20, 2019 · Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), also called Canada hemlock or hemlock spruce, is a slow-growing long-lived tree which unlike many conifers grows well in shade. Hemlock may take 250 to 300...
Eastern Hemlock - US Forest Service Research and Development
Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), also called Canada hemlock or hemlock spruce, is a slow-growing long-lived tree which unlike many trees grows well in shade. It may take 250 to 300 years to reach maturity and may live for 800 years or more.
Eastern Hemlock - U.S. National Park Service
The eastern hemlock is found from Nova Scotia to eastern Minnesota, south to Maryland and Illinois, and along the Appalachian Mountains to Georgia and northern Alabama. Hemlock comprises less than 1% of the forest cover in the Park.
Eastern hemlock - The Morton Arboretum
Native to the eastern United States, the hemlock resembles a large Christmas tree with its broadly pyramidal, pendulous branches and fine, dark-green needles on widely spaced branches that give it a delicate, lacy feel.
Tsuga canadensis - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Tsuga canadensis, commonly called Canadian hemlock or eastern hemlock, is a dense, pyramidal conifer of the pine family that is native to moist woods, moist slopes, rocky hillsides/ridges, wooded ravines, and stream valleys from eastern Canada south to Maine and Wisconsin and further south in the Appalachian Mountains to Georgia and Alabama. It ...
Tsuga canadensis (Canada hemlock, Canadian Hemlock, Eastern Hemlock ...
Eastern hemlock is a woody, needled evergreen tree in the Pinaceae (pine) family. It is native to eastern and central Canada and the United States. In North Carolina, it is found primarily in the mountains and in a small area located in Piedmont.
Eastern hemlock grows from about sea level to 1500 meters. In the more southern parts of its range, eastern hemlock occurs only where there is drainage of cool, moist air -- on moist rocky ridges, valleys and ravines, hillsides, and lakeshores.
Tsuga canadensis - US Forest Service
Seedlings are able to establish under the canopy of mature individuals. Eastern hemlock establishes under dense sugar maple canopies and can replace that species . Eastern hemlock uniquely modifies semipermanent soil properties, such as acidity, which favors its reproduction.
Meet the Eastern Hemlock - New England Forestry Foundation
Jul 10, 2020 · The Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is the tree with the longest lifespan in the eastern forest. It can live to be more than 800 years old, rivaling some of the giant trees of the Pacific Coast—the Coast Redwood, the Sitka Spruce, and the much larger Western Hemlock.