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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Conifers
  5. Conifers
  6. Pine Family
  7. Firs, Hemlocks, Cedars, and Allies
  8. Hemlocks

genus

Hemlocks

Tsuga

Traits
Includes
4 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Eastern Hemlock native
  • Western Hemlock native
  • Mountain Hemlock native
  • Chinese Hemlock present
  • Carolina Hemlock native
  • Southern Japanese Hemlock
  • Northern Japanese Hemlock
  • Ulleungdo Hemlock
  • Jeffrey Hemlock

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native hemlocks All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Western Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla caterpillars 94 food 6 flowers 2 shelter 2
  • Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis caterpillars 71 hosts 7 food 21 flowers 4 shelter 1
  • Mountain Hemlock Tsuga mertensiana caterpillars 42 hosts 2 food 4 flowers 1
  • Carolina Hemlock Tsuga caroliniana caterpillars 31 hosts 1 food 9 flowers 1

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