#1622 most planted
Tsuga caroliniana
Carolina hemlock
ConiferEvergreen
27
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
40 in
median trunk (103 cm, 27 measured)
17 yr
median age (89% have a planting date)
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The Carolina hemlock is a conifer endemic to the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States. It is currently classified as Near Threatened and is under review for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 270.02%17 yr40 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
Trunk diameters across every city: median 40 in, mean 40 in, 90th percentile 73 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
- Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
- Appalachian Piedmont forests
- Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
Other Tsuga in the catalogue
8 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
