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Taxon: Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.

Genus: Tsuga
Family: Pinaceae. Also placed in: Abietaceae
Nomen number: 40705
Place of publication: Silva 12:73. 1899
Name verified on: 15-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Aug-1994
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.


Common names:

  • Pacific hemlock   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  • western hemlock   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • western hemlock-spruce   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • pruche de l'ouest   (Source: F NAmer ) – French

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)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Farjon, A. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of conifers. (L Conifers)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 2000. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code). (ICBN St Louis) Art. 7.4, Ex. 2.
  • Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) 4:526.
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada) 2:188.
  • Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:215.
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.:

  • 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 heterophylla 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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Cite as:
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?40705 (09 February 2010)

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