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 ]

Feb 1, 2024 · Hemlock trees (botanical name Tsuga) are a species of large evergreen coniferous trees native to North America. Hemlock trees are identified by their conical shape, flat, aromatic needle-like leaves, oval or cylindrical seed-bearing cones, and reddish-brown bark.

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.

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.

The genus Tsuga, commonly called hemlock, is comprised of graceful, finely textured evergreen trees, from which Iseli Nursery offers an exciting assortment of garden-worthy cultivars from five species.

Tsuga canadensis, commonly called Canadian hemlock or eastern hemlock, is a dense, pyramidal conifer of the pine family that is native to moist woods, moist slopes, rocky hillsides/ridges, wooded ravines, and stream valleys from eastern Canada south to Maine and Wisconsin and further south in the Appalachian Mountains to Georgia and Alabama. It ...

Feb 19, 2025 · Hemlock (see Remarks), pruche [Canadian French] (Taylor 1993), ツガ属 (tsuga) [Japanese]. The eleven species in this treatment are: Tsuga ulleungensis (betw. Japan & Korea) Pinus L. sect. Tsuga Endlicher (1847) is often described as including two subgenera, subgen.

Tsuga canadensis, commonly known as Eastern Hemlock, is a graceful, shade-tolerant evergreen tree native to eastern North America. This species is valued for its fine-textured foliage, conical growth habit, and ability to provide year-round interest in the landscape.

Sep 13, 2024 · A hemlock tree, when referring to coniferous trees, belongs to the genus Tsuga in the pine family (Pinaceae). The English-language common name “hemlock” arose from a perceived similarity in the smell of its crushed foliage to that of …

Names: The genus name “Tsuga” comes from Japanese words meaning “mother” and “tree.” The species name heterophylla, literally means different leaves. This refers to the different lengths of needles found along a branch.