Basisdaten
description:
The mountain hemlock occurs naturally only in a narrow strip along the US West Coast.
Tree profile
name botanical:
Tsuga mertensiana
family:
Pinaceae
species:
conifer
height:
up to 35 m (115 ft)
needle:
The needles are light green, up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long and are arranged whisked on the branch
blossom description:
There are male and female flowers on a tree (monoecious).
fruit:
small cones
bark:
The bark is red-brown scaly and cracked up.
root:
shallow-rooting and deep-rooting with many fine roots
location:
sun
ph value:
acid to neutral
stature:
This hemlock has a wide base and a very long and narrow tip. It often seems as if a small tree standing on a wide growing.