Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Summary 5

Distinguishing Features: Short needle-like leaves

Shape: Up to 100 feet tall, conical in shape, rounds as it ages
Branching: Alternate
Leaf: Needle-like, 1 inch long, dark green border
Flower: N/A (pollen cones with yellow head about 1/8 inch across with light green stage at base)
Bark: Brownish, scaly, deep furrows with age
Fruit or Seed: Round cone, 1.5 to 2.5 inches

Source URL:
http://phillytreemap.org/
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/

Alternative names 6

Canada hemlock, hemlock spruce

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) saelifeworks, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por saelifeworks
  2. (c) TheNickster on Flickr, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Tsuga_canadensis_foliagecones.jpg
  3. (c) Charlie Hohn, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), subido por Charlie Hohn
  4. (c) Steven J. Baskauf, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/11394
  5. (c) earthwatchtrees, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)
  6. (c) USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center & the Biota of North America Program, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/1396461

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