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'''''Tsuga diversifolia''''', commonly known as the '''Northern Japanese Hemlock''', is a species of [[conifer]] native to the [[Japan]]ese islands of [[Honshū]], [[Kyūshū]], and [[Shikoku]]. In [[Europe]] and [[North America]], the species is sometimes employed as tree for the garden and has been in cultivation since 1861. ''T. diversifolia'' is an evergreen tree that attains heights of 25 m (80 feet). The crown is narrow, dense and conical. Young shoots are short, palely pubescent and bright orange to red-brown in colour. The densely arranged needles are linear-oblong and 5 to 15 mm long and up to 2.4 mm wide. They are a dark green in colour, glossy and furrowed above with two chalk white [[stomata]]l bands below.<ref name="ORSU">{{cite web | last =Breen | first =Patrick | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Tsuga diversifolia | work =Landscape Plants: Images, Identification, and Information | publisher = Oregon State University | date =1999-2007 | url =http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/tsdi.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-12 }}</ref> The [[bark]] is an orange-brown in colour, shallowly fissured and vertically peeling. The [[bud]]s are a deep purple red. The dull purple, ovoid pistillate flowers are terminal on either long or short shoots. They measure about 5 mm and as they mature become pale green with the centre and margin of each scale being purple. The [[conifer cone|cone]]s are 1.8 to 2.8 cm long, cylindric-ovoid, and nearly sessile. They are dark brown, pendulous and the scales are slightly convex and ridged. <ref name="Mitchell">{{cite book | last =Mitchell | first =Alan | authorlink =Alan Mitchell | coauthors = | title =Trees of Britain & Northern Europe | publisher =Harper Collins Publishers | date =1974 | location =London | pages = 146 | id =ISBN 0-00-219213-6 }}</ref> {{Inc| Tsuga diversifolia, Mast. (Abies diversifolia, Maxim. T. Sieboldii nana, Carr.). Tree, very similar to the preceding, but smaller and chiefly distinguished by the reddish brown pubescent branches: lvs. linear, emarginate or obtuse, shorter and narrower, broadest at the middle or toward the base: cone smaller, 1/2 – 3/4 in. long: peduncle not exceeding the bud-scales; bracts truncate, crenulate, not or slightly bifid. Japan. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}}<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}}<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}}<!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ==Species== <!-- This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc --> ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery --> <gallery> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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