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
  
• tsuga canadese   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  
• hemlock   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

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

More:

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

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 4:526.
• International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:213.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Tsuga canadensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Tsuga canadensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Tsuga canadensis.

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 web resources 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
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• 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 (on-line resource). 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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