Tsuga heterophylla (N)

Common name: western hemlock

Family name: Pinaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Thorsen’s Weeping’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  6-8

Mature height and spread:  18-30m; 15m

Form: evergreen conifer

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: average, medium moisture, well-drained soils; part shade to full shade

Leaf arrangement:  needles go up, more or less two ranks, short petiole

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):  cone elliptical, 2-2.5cm

Limitations: intolerant of drought

Suitable uses:  specimen, bonsai

Quick ID description:  needles go up, short petiole; elliptical

Photographs: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/tshe.htm