Taxon: Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière

Common names:

• Canadian hemlock   (Source: Phytol Mem ) – English
  
• eastern hemlock   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• eastern hemlock-spruce   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• hemlock   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• pruche de l'Est   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French
  
• pruche du Canada   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• Hemlocktanne   (Source: HerbSpices ) – German
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Materials: essential oils; wood   (fide AH 519; HerbSpices)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario [s.e.], Prince Edward Island, Quebec [s.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana [s.], Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Minnesota [e.], Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama [n.], Delaware, Georgia [n.], Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

References:

• Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) 4:526.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:213.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Tsuga canadensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Tsuga canadensis. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Abies canadensis var. gracilis Waterer ex Gordon
  
• (≡) Picea canadensis (L.) Link
  
• (≡) Pinus canadensis L. (basionym)
  
• (=) Tsuga canadensis f. fastigiata (Beissn.) C. K. Schneid.
  
• (=) Tsuga canadensis var. fastigiata Beissn.
  
• (=) Tsuga canadensis f. gracilis (Waterer ex Gordon) Beissn.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Tsuga canadensis cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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