Tsuga canadensis

Plant Characteristics

Habit		tree
Height:	⇕	80 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 80. to 120 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 120.
Width:	⇔	30 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30.

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	evergreen
USDA Zones:		4 to 9

Scientific Names

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Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
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Scientific Names

Read about Tsuga canadensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tsuga canadensis, Carr. (Abies canadensis, Michx.). Common Hemlock. Fig. 3860. Tree, attaining 70 and occasionally 100 ft.: young branchlets yellowish brown, pubescent: lvs. linear, obtuse or acutish, dark green and obscurely grooved above, with 2 whitish lines beneath, 1/4 – 2/3 in. long: cones ovoid, 1/2 – 3/4 in. long, peduncled; scales almost orbicular. New Bruns. and Wis., south to Ala. S.S. 10:603. G.C. III. 48:350. Gn. M. 12:215. J.H. III. 66:467. G.W. 1. p. 359; 5, p. 536; 9, p. 213.—The hemlock spruce yields the lumber most commonly used in the E. for framing and clap-boarding of buildings. It is not used for finishing lumber. A number of garden forms have been raised; the following are the most important: Var. albo-spica, Nichols. Tips of the young branchlets creamy white. Var. compacta, Senecl. (var. compacta nana, Beissn.). Dwarf conical pyramid with numerous short branchlets clothed with small lvs. Var. globosa, Beissn. (var. globularis erecta, Kunkler). Dense, globose, much-branched form with numerous upright branches nodding at the ends. Var. gracilis, Gord. (var. microphylla, Hort.). Slow-growing form with slender sparingly ramified branches, spreading and more or less drooping at the ends: lvs. very small, about 1/4 in. long. Var. nana, Carr. Dwarf and depressed form with spreading branches and short branchlets. Var. parvifolia, Veitch. Lvs. very small, 1/4 in. long or shorter: branchlets stout, closely set and numerous. Var. pendula, Parsons (var. Sargentii pendula, Hort., var. Sargentiana, Kent). Flat-topped form with spreading branches and drooping branchlets. Gn. 32, p. 363; 39, p. 81. M.D.G. 1900:367, 368, 491. Very distinct and desirable form. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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