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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]
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.
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]
Tsuga sieboldii, also called the southern Japanese hemlock, or in Japanese, simply tsuga (栂), is a conifer native to the Japanese islands of Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Yakushima. In Europe and North America the tree is sometimes used as an ornamental and has been in cultivation since 1861.
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 heterophylla, the western hemlock [2] or western hemlock-spruce, [3] is a species of hemlock native to the northwest coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and its southeastern limit in northern Sonoma County, California. [4] [5] The Latin species name means 'variable leaves'. [6]
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 ...