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Southern Japanese Hemlock

Tsuga sieboldii

Field notes

Tsuga sieboldii, also called the southern Japanese hemlock, or in Japanese, simply tsuga (栂), is a species of conifer in the pine family, Pinaceae, native to the Japanese islands of Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku and Yakushima. In Europe and North America the tree is sometimes used as an ornamental and has been in cultivation since 1861.

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Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Tree

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