Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An Eastern Hemlock branch at the Kortright Centre for Conservation. 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. It is the state tree of Pennsylvania. [5]
Hemlock has a smooth, green, hollow stem, usually spotted or streaked with red or purple. The leaves are two- to four-pinnate, finely divided and lacy, overall triangular in shape, up to 50 centimetres (20 inches) long and 40 cm (16 in) broad. [4] Hemlock's flower is small and white; they are loosely clustered and each flower has five petals. [5]
Tsuga (/ ˈ s uː ɡ ə /, [3] from Japanese 栂 (ツガ), the name of Tsuga sieboldii) is a genus of conifers in the subfamily Abietoideae of Pinaceae, the pine family.The English-language common name "hemlock" arose from a perceived similarity in the smell of its crushed foliage to that of the unrelated plant hemlock. [4]
Conium (/ k oʊ ˈ n aɪ. ə m / or / ˈ k oʊ n i ə m /) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. [1] As of December 2020, Plants of the World Online accepts six species. [2]All species of the genus are poisonous to humans.
In the riparian habitats surrounding streams, hemlock trees provide shade to keep the water cool during the summer, allowing cold-water fish like brook trout to thrive (https://bit.ly/3I3sbcQ ...
Tsuga dumosa is a tree growing 20 to 25 m (65 to 80 feet) high and exceptionally to 40 m (130 feet). The diameter at breast height is typically 40 to 50 cm (16 to 20 inches), but can be beyond 100 cm (40 inches). [3] The crown on small trees is ovoid and their form is like that of pendulous bushes.
Carolina hemlock Pinaceae (pine family) 262 Tsuga chinensis: Chinese hemlock Pinaceae (pine family) Tsuga diversifolia: Northern Japanese hemlock Pinaceae (pine family) Tsuga dumosa: Himalayan hemlock Pinaceae (pine family) Tsuga forrestii: Forest Hemlock Pinaceae (pine family) Tsuga heterophylla: western hemlock Pinaceae (pine family) 263 ...
Texas Bull Nettle. The slightest contact with this bright green perennial species can cause hours of burning, stinging, itching and intense pain. It can be identified through the needles coming ...