Tsuga heterophylla

Botanical Description

Tsuga heterophylla is an evergreen tree with a narrowly conical, lightly branched crown; it can grow up to 70 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 200cm in diameter[ 11 Title Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Vol 1 - 4 and Supplement. Publication Author Bean. W. Publisher Murray Year 1981 ISBN - Description A classic with a wealth of information on the plants, but poor on pictures. , 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. Western Hemlock is an important timber tree in the Pacific Northwest (USA) and W Canada[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. It has become the most important timber hemlock in North America. This species has been introduced in Britain and other parts of NW Europe as a forestry plantation tree; in the wetter parts near the Atlantic coast it will regenerate spontaneously[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. It is also sometimes grown as an ornamental. Tsuga heterophylla is a very widespread and extremely abundant species. It is probably increasing in forests where fires are suppressed and/or as a result of removal of large competitors through past logging. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].