
hemlocks
Tsuga
Tsuga (/ˈsuːɡə/, from Japanese: 栂 (ツガ), the name of Tsuga sieboldii) is a genus of conifers in the subfamily Abietoideae. The common name hemlock is derived from a perceived similarity in the smell of its crushed foliage to that of the unrelated plant poison hemlock. Unlike the latter, Tsuga species are not poisonous.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

eastern hemlock
speciesTsuga canadensis

western hemlock
speciesTsuga heterophylla

mountain hemlock
speciesTsuga mertensiana

Chinese hemlock
speciesTsuga chinensis

Carolina hemlock
speciesTsuga caroliniana

Himalayan hemlock
speciesTsuga dumosa

southern Japanese hemlock
speciesTsuga sieboldii

northern Japanese hemlock
speciesTsuga diversifolia

Ulleungdo hemlock
speciesTsuga ulleungensis

Forrest's hemlock
speciesTsuga forrestii
Jeffrey Hemlock
hybridTsuga × jeffreyi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48255.