Scientific name: Tsuga heterophylla (N)

Common name: western hemlock

Family name: Pinaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: 20m tall, 15-25m wide

Form: pyramidal, upright

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained, acidic

Leaf arrangement: needle-like, alternative

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: cone

Limitations: doesn’t like urban conditions

Suitable uses: forestry, background, sheared hedge. Likes to grow out of stumps

Quick ID: conifer. Tree. Needle-like, alternate, flexible needles. Needles flat with two white lines underneath. Has needles that are different sizes on one stem (different than Mertensiana); hence why it is heterophylla

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