Tsuga canadensis
Eastern hemlock · also Eastern hemlock-spruce, Canadian hemlock, Pruche du Canada
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Tsuga canadensis is an evergreen conifer with a dense, pyramidal crown and small needles arranged in flat sprays. Native to eastern North America, it thrives in cool, moist forests and is tolerant of shade and various soil conditions. It provides food and cover for wildlife but is threatened by the Hemlock woolly adelgid.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,4011.2%18 yr37 in
- 7310.11%—3.1 in
- 3480.10%4.0 yr2.0 in
- 2480.16%4.9 yr2.0 in
- 2000.07%—3.5 in
- 1640.05%—4.1 in
- 1040.14%—9.3 in
- 870.01%—6.0 in
- 830.11%—5.1 in
- 750.09%—6.3 in
- 680.03%—14 in
- 400.09%—0.8 in
- 240.03%2.8 yr5.9 in
- 130.11%—31 in
- 110.10%4.3 yr1.2 in
- 100.01%—14 in
- 90.02%—2.4 in
- 80.02%7.8 yr—
- 80.00%57 yr—
- 60.00%—3.1 in
- 30.00%—3.0 in
- 30.00%—9.5 in
- 20.01%—6.1 in
- 20.00%—8.9 in
- 10.01%—0.4 in
- 10.00%—3.9 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 40–100 ft
- Canopy spread
- 30 ft
- Lifespan
- 500 years
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Sun
- Part shade, Full shade
- Soil
- Moist, Well-drained
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 8.3 in, mean 18 in, 90th percentile 50 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Canadian Forest-Boreal transition
- Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests
- New England-Acadian forests
Other Tsuga in the catalogue
8 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
