Tsuga canadensis

Pinaceae Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière

Etymology
Tsuga refers to the Japanese name for this tree.
canadensis refers to Canada; indicating its habitat.

Colloquial Name
Eastern hemlock, Canada hemlock

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 72, NBR, NSC, ONT, PEI, QUE, 74, ILL, MIN, WIS, 75, CNT, INI, MAI, MAS, MIC, NWH, NWJ, NWY, OHI, PEN, RHO, VER, WVA, 76, GEO, KTY, NCA, SCA, TEN, VRG, 78, ALA, MRY

Habitat
The natural habitats for Tsuga canadensis are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Tsuga canadensis that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 4
Tsuga canadensis is hardy to USDA Zone 4 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -34.4C (-30F) to 28.9C (-20F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Tsuga canadensis is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Tsuga canadensis and they are listed as follows:

• 3 Climate Change & Natural Disasters
  • 3.2 Storms / Flooding & Other Events
• 4 Invasive Species / Pathogens & Genetic Risks
  • 4.1 Invasive Non-Native Species & Diseases

IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Tsuga canadensis has been assigned the status of NT(Near Threatened). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not threatened, but is close to having this status.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Tsuga canadensis is Tsuga. The coordinate taxa for Tsuga canadensis are therefore:

Tsuga canadensis is further placed under Abietoideae. Tsuga canadensis is also placed under Pinaceae.

Cultivars
‘Abbott Weeping’, ‘Abbott’s Dwarf’, ‘Abbott’s Fountain’, ‘Abbott’s Pygmy’, ‘Alba-spica’, ‘Albo-spica’, ‘Albo-spicata’, ‘Ammerland’, ‘Andrews’, ‘Angustifolia’, ‘Anne’, ‘Argentea’, ‘Argenteovariegata’, ‘Armistice’, ‘Arnold Gold Weeper’, ‘Ashfield Weeper’, ‘Atrovirens’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aurea Compacta’, ‘Aurescens’, ‘Aurora’, ‘Backus’, ‘Bacon Cristate’, ‘Bacon Dwarf’, ‘Bagatelle’, ‘Baldwin Dwarf Globe’, ‘Baldwin Dwarf Pyramid’, ‘Barrie Bergman’, ‘Batchelor’, ‘Beaujean’, ‘Bedgebury WB’, ‘Beehive’, ‘Bennett’, ‘Bennett’s Minima’, ‘Bergman’s Aurescens Nana’, ‘Bergman’s Cinnamon Dwarf’, ‘Bergman’s Contorta Spicata’, ‘Bergman’s Dwarf’, ‘Bergman’s Dwarf Long-leaf’, ‘Bergman’s Fantana Broom’, ‘Bergman’s Frosty’, ‘Bergman’s Gem’, ‘Bergman’s Gold’, ‘Bergman’s Heli’, ‘Bergmans Snowflake’, ‘Bergman’s Spreading’, ‘Bergman’s Wee Leaf’, ‘Bergman’s Wee-tip’, ‘Betty Rose’, ‘Bieberg’, ‘Bonnie Bergman’, ‘Boulevard’, ‘Bradshaw’, ‘Brandley’, ‘Branklyn’, ‘Brevifolia’, ‘Brimfield Golden’, ‘Bristol’, ‘Bristol Short Leaf’, ‘Brookline’, ‘Broughton’, ‘Burkett’s Dwarf’, ‘Callicoon’, ‘Canby’, ‘Cappy’s Choice’, ‘Champoeg’, ‘Charbonneau’, ‘Cinnamomea’, ‘Cloud Prune’, ‘Coffin’, ‘Cole’s Prostrate’, ‘Cole’s Sport’, ‘Columnaris’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Compacta Nana’, ‘Conica Nana’, ‘Connecticut Turnpike’, ‘Contorted’, ‘Coplen’, ‘Corbit’, ‘Cotton Candy’, ‘Creamey’, ‘Curley’, ‘Curtis’, ‘Curtis Ideal’, ‘Curtis Spreader’, ‘Cushion’, ‘David Verkade’, ‘Dawsoniana’, ‘De Lang’, ‘Densifolia’, ‘Detmer’s Weeper’, ‘Devil’s Fork’, ‘Doc’s Choice’, ‘Doran’, ‘Dover’, ‘Dr Swartley’, ‘Drake’, ‘Dwarf Upright’, ‘Dwarf Whitetip’, ‘Eisberg’, ‘Elm City’, ‘Englewood’, ‘Ernest’, ‘Essex’, ‘Everitt Denseleaf’, ‘Everitt Golden’, ‘Fantana’, ‘Fantana Broom’, ‘Far Country’, ‘Fastigiata’, ‘Feasterville’, ‘Florence’, ‘Forest Fountain’, ‘Freiburg’, ‘Fremdii’, ‘Frosty’, ‘Gable’, ‘Gable Cinnamon’, ‘Gable Weeping’, ‘Geneva’, ‘Gentsch Dwarf Globe’, ‘Gentsch Snowflake’, ‘Gentsch White’, ‘Globosa’, ‘Globosa Erecta’, ‘Globularis Erecta’, ‘Golden Splendor’, ‘Gracilis’, ‘Gracilis Nana’, ‘Gracilis Oldenburg’, ‘Great Lakes’, ‘Greenbrier’, ‘Green Cascade’, ‘Greenlace’, ‘Green Spider’, ‘Greenspray’, ‘Greenwood Lake’, ‘Guldemond’s Dwarf’, ‘Gulden’, ‘Hahn’, ‘Hancock’, ‘Harmon’, ‘Hebefolia’, ‘Helene Bergman’, ‘Heli’, ‘Henksgardens Wave’, ‘Henry Hohman’, ‘Hicks’, ‘Hiti’, ‘Hohman Spreader’, ‘Hornbeck’, ‘Horsford’, ‘Horsford Compact’, ‘Horsford Contorted’, ‘Horsford Dwarf’, ‘Horstmann No. 1’, ‘Horstmann No. 2’, ‘Horton’, ‘Howard Waxman’, ‘Howe’, ‘Hubble’, ‘Huffmann’, ‘Humphrey Welch’, ‘Hunnewell’, ‘Hussii’, ‘Imperial’, ‘Innisfree’, ‘Ivory Leaf’, ‘Jacqueline Verkade’, ‘Jan Verkade’, ‘Jean Iseli’, ‘Jeddeloh’, ‘Jenkinsii’, ‘Jenning’s Yewlike’, ‘Jervis’, ‘John Swartley’, ‘Julianne’, ‘Julian Pott’, ‘Juliens’, ‘Juniperoides’, ‘Kathryn Verkade’, ‘Kelsey Weeping’, ‘Kingston Hollow’, ‘Kingsville’, ‘Kingsville Fastigiate’, ‘Kingsville Spreader’, ‘LaBar Gem’, ‘LaBar Whitetip’, ‘Lantz’, ‘Latifolia’, ‘Laurie’, ‘Layne’s Variegated’, ‘Levi’, ‘Lewis’, ‘Lincoln White Tip’, ‘Little Joe’, ‘Little Snow’, ‘Livingston’, ‘Longwood’, ‘Lustgarten Creeping’, ‘Lutea’, ‘Macrophylla’, ‘Mansfield’, ‘Many Cones’, ‘Margit’, ‘Marilyn’, ‘Matthews’, ‘Merlene’, ‘Meyers’, ‘Microphylla’, ‘Milfordensis’, ‘Miller’, ‘Minima’, ‘Minuta’, ‘Minuta Pendula’, ‘Mitsch Upright’, ‘Molalla’, ‘Moline’, ‘Moll’, ‘Moon Frost’, ‘Moon’s Columnar’, ‘Mount Hood’, ‘Mount Jefferson’, ‘Muttontown’, ‘Nana’, ‘Nana Compacta’, ‘Nana Gracilis’, ‘Nana Pyramidalis’, ‘Narragansett’, ‘Nearing’, ‘New Gold’, ‘Newport’, ‘Outpost’, ‘Palomino’, ‘Parkeri’, ‘Parson’s Little Leaf’, ‘Parvifolia’, ‘Parvula’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Pendula Argentea’, ‘Perfecta Nana’, ‘Picta Alba’, ‘Pigtail’, ‘Pincushion’, ‘Pink Tips’, ‘Plainview’, ‘Pomfret’, ‘Popeleski’, ‘Prostrata’, ‘Pumila’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Pyramidalis’, ‘Raraflora Procumbent’, ‘Raraflora Snowflake’, ‘Recurva’, ‘Redding’, ‘Rhapsody’, ‘Rhode Island’, ‘Rock Creek’, ‘Rockland’, ‘Rockport’, ‘Rugg’s Washington Dwarf’, ‘Ruslyn’, ‘Saratoga Broom’, ‘Sargentii’, ‘Schramm’, ‘Shawangunk’, ‘Sherwood Compact’, ‘Silver Bridge’, ‘Silver Tip’, ‘Silvery Gold’, ‘Slenderella’, ‘Snowflake’, ‘Sparsifolia’, ‘Starker’, ‘Starker’s Dwarf’, ‘Stewart’s Gem’, ‘Stockman’s Compact’, ‘Stockman’s Dwarf’, ‘Stranger’, ‘Summer Snow’, ‘Suncrest’, ‘Swain’, ‘Tannersville Broom’, ‘Taxifolia’, ‘Thurlow’, ‘Tiny Leaf Upright’, ‘Towson’, ‘Trebnitz’, ‘Tristate’, ‘Tualatin’, ‘Tucker’s Selection’, ‘Tyler Gold’, ‘Unique’, ‘Upper Bank’, ‘Valentine’, ‘Van Dyne’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Variegata Gentsch’, ‘Verkade Petite’, ‘Verkade’s Pincushion’, ‘Verkade Recurved’, ‘Verkade’s Witches’ Broom’, ‘Vermeulen’s Pyramid’, ‘Vermeulen’s Wintergold’, ‘Von Helms’, ‘Von Helms Dwarf’, ‘Walcott’, ‘Warner’s Armistice’, ‘Warner’s Globe’, ‘Warnham’, ‘Watnong Star’, ‘Waverley’, ‘Weiss Gelb’, ‘Wellesliana’, ‘West Coast Creeper’, , ‘West Coast Spreader’, ‘Westonigra’, ‘Wheelerville’, ‘White Fountain’, ‘Wilton’, ‘Wilton Globe’, ‘Wilton Wideleaf’, ‘Wintergold’, ‘Wodenethe’, ‘Woodrose’, ‘Wood’s #10’, ‘Wood’s Goldleaf’, ‘Wood’s Spreading Seedling’, ‘Youngcone’