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Taxon: Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière

Genus: Tsuga
Family: Pinaceae. Also placed in: Abietaceae
Nomen number: 40698
Place of publication: Traité gén. conif. 189. 1855
Name verified on: 15-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 01-Dec-1999
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.


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:

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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

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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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:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images 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.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?40698 (09 February 2010)

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