Tsuga diversifolia
| Northern Japanese hemlock | |
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| Foliage and cones covered in snow | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Tsuga |
| Species: | T. diversifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Tsuga diversifolia (
Maxim.) Mast. | |
Tsuga diversifolia, commonly known as the northern Japanese hemlock, or in
, the species is sometimes employed as tree for the garden and has been in cultivation since 1861.Description
Tsuga diversifolia is an evergreen tree that attains heights of 25 m (80 feet). The crown is narrow, dense and conical. Young shoots are short, palely pubescent and bright orange to red-brown in colour. The densely arranged needles are linear-oblong and 5 to 15 mm (0.20 to 0.59 inches) long and up to 2.4 mm (0.094 inches) wide. They are a dark green in colour, glossy and furrowed above with two chalk white
The bark is an orange-brown in colour, shallowly fissured and vertically peeling. The buds are a deep purple red. The dull purple, ovoid pistillate flowers are terminal on either long or short shoots. They measure about 5 mm (0.20 inches) and as they mature become pale green with the centre and margin of each scale being purple. The cones are 1.8 to 2.8 cm (0.71 to 1.10 inches) long, cylindric-ovoid, and nearly sessile. They are dark brown, pendulous and the scales are slightly convex and ridged.[3]
References
- . Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ Breen, Patrick (1999–2007). "Tsuga diversifolia". Landscape Plants: Images, Identification, and Information. Oregon State University. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- ISBN 0-00-219213-6.
External links
Media related to Tsuga diversifolia at Wikimedia Commons
