Tsuga dumosa

Pinaceae Tsuga dumosa (D. Don) Eichler

Etymology
Tsuga refers to the Japanese name for this tree.
dumosa refers to a Japanese name for Tsuga.

Colloquial Name
Himalayan hemlock

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-SC, CHC-YN, CHT, 4, 40, EHM, EHM-AP, EHM-BH, EHM-DJ, EHM-SI, NEP, WHM, WHM-UT, 41, MYA, VIE

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 8
Tsuga dumosa is hardy to USDA Zone 8 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -12.2C (10F) to -6.7C (20F).

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

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Tsuga dumosa has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

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

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