Tsuga sieboldii

Pinaceae Tsuga sieboldii Carrière

Etymology
Tsuga refers to the Japanese name for this tree.
sieboldii refers to the botanist P. F. von Siebold, who collected the type specimen.

Colloquial Name
Southern Japanese hemlock, Siebold’s hemlock

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 38, JAP, JAP-HN, JAP-KY, JAP-SH, KOR, KOR-SK

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 6
Tsuga sieboldii is hardy to USDA Zone 6 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -23.3C (-10F) to -17.8C (0F).

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

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting
• 4 Invasive Species / Pathogens & Genetic Risks
  • 4.1 Invasive Non-Native Species & Diseases

IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Tsuga sieboldii 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 sieboldii is Tsuga. The coordinate taxa for Tsuga sieboldii are therefore:

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

Cultivars
‘Baldwin’, ‘Green Ball’, ‘Greg Williams’, ‘Honeywell Estate’, ‘Nana’, ‘National’, ‘Variegata’