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Tsuga mertensiana subsp. mertensiana var. mertensiana

mountain hemlock

Synonyms
Tsuga pattoniana
Hesperopeuce mertensiana
Botanical details
Family
Pinaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
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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