Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database
Tsuga mertensiana (Mountain Hemlock)

 

Kingdom

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 Plantae – Plants

Subkingdom

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 Tracheobionta – Vascular plants

Superdivision

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 Spermatophyta – Seed plants

Division

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 Coniferophyta – Conifers

Class

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 Pinopsida

Order

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 Pinales

Family

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 Pinaceae – Pine family

Genus

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 Tsuga Carrière – hemlock

Species

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 Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carrière – mountain hemlock

An outstanding, slow growing, beautiful small evergreen, 10 - 80 ft, native to the high mountains.

Gray green foliage, often glaucous.

Ideal for small gardens, bonsai.
 
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