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Tsuga caroliniana

Carolina hemlock
Habit Trees to 30m; trunk to 2m diam.; crown conic.
Bark

brown, scaly and fissured.
Twigs

light brown, thinly covered with short, dark hairs.
Buds

oblong, 2–3mm.
Leaves

10–20mm, mostly spreading in all directions from twigs, flat but slightly revolute;

abaxial surface glaucous, with 2 broad, conspicuous stomatal bands, adaxial surface shiny green;

margins entire.
Seed

cones ovoid to oblong, 2.5–4 × 1.5–2.5cm;

scales oblong, 12–18 × 8–12mm, bases clawed, apex rounded.
2n

=24.

Tsuga caroliniana
Habitat Rocky montane slopes
Elevation 700–1200m (2300–3900ft)
Distribution
from FNA
GA; NC; SC; TN; VA
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Discussion

Tsuga caroliniana is valuable as an attractive ornamental; a number of cultivars have been developed. The wood is of little commercial importance because of the combination of mediocre quality and the relative rarity of the species in nature.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 2.
Parent taxa Pinaceae > Tsuga
Sibling taxa
T. canadensis, T. heterophylla, T. mertensiana
Name authority Engelmann: Bot. Gaz. 6: 223. (1881)
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