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Tsuga mertensiana subsp. mertensiana var. mertensiana

mountain hemlock

Synonyms
Tsuga pattoniana
Hesperopeuce mertensiana
Botanical details
Family
Pinaceae
Native to the UK
No
Potentially harmful
Genus

Tsuga

Genus description

Tsuga are evergreen trees, broadly conical in habit, with a drooping leading shoot,linear leaves which are white beneath, and small ovoid cones

Name status

Correct

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