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Tsuga heterophylla

In Fuscospora cliffortioides (mountain beech) forest, Castle Hill.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 09/05/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Seedling in Fuscospora cliffortioides (mountain beech) forest, Castle Hill, Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 09/05/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Sapling in Fuscospora cliffortioides (mountain beech) forest, Castle Hill, Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 09/05/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Bark detail, cultivated specimen in Paloma Gardens, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 21/01/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

In mountain beech forest, Castle Hill.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 09/05/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

western hemlock

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms

Simplified description

Large evergreen tree; pendulous branch tips; leaves spiraled on shoots but come to lie in flattened layers either side of the shoots.

Flower colours

No flowers

Distribution

Self-establishing at Castle Hill, Canterbury, in Fuscospora cliffortioides forest from trees planted in gaps created by snow damage.

Habitat

Montane forest

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Tsuga

Family

Pinaceae

Authority

Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.

Ecology

Year naturalised

2010

Origin

Pacific northwest of USA and Canada

Reason for introduction

Timber, shelter, ornamental

Other information

Etymology

heterophylla: Varied leaves; from the Greek heteros and phullon

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