Scientific name: Tsuga mertensiana (N)

Common name: mountain hemlock

Family name: Pinacaea

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 4

Mature height and spread: 10-15m tall, 5-7m wide

Form: pendulous, pyramidal, conical

Water use: high

Soil requirements: humus rich, well-drained

Leaf arrangement: needle-like, spiraled.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: tiny male cones, female cones are tiny, purple and on ends of branches

Limitations: prickly, doesn’t like drying winds, air pollution or flooded/compacted soils

Suitable uses:

Quick ID: Conifer. Tree. needle-like, spiraled. Flexible needles, single. Evergreen. Short needles; round, bluish hue. Look like spruce needles but no pegs. Very small needles.

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