Canadian Hemlock

name botanical:

Tsuga canadensis

other name:

Eastern Hemlock

family:

Pinaceae

species:

conifer

height:

up to 20 m (66 ft), often multi-stemmed

needle:

dark green, up to 2 cm (0.8 in) long, distichous, underside with two white stripes.

blossom description:

ovoids buds

fruit:

cones, up to 2 cm (0.8 in), inverted egg-shaped

bark:

auburn, first smooth later slightly cracked and slightly scaly

root:

Shallow- and deep-rooting

location:

sun up to half-shade

soil:

sandy up to sandy-clayey, chalk chalk incompatible

ph value:

acidic up to neutral

stature:

branches horizontal, overhanging at the end