Taxon: Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.

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:

• Environmental: boundary/barrier/support; ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; F CalifJep)
  
• Materials: fiber; wood   (fide Ency WTimber; F NAmer)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: United States - Alaska [s.]
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [w.], British Columbia
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho [n.], Montana [n.w.], Oregon [w.], Washington
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [n.w.]

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

Synonyms:

• (=) Abies albertiana A. Murray
  
• (≡) Abies heterophylla Raf. (basionym)
  
• (=) Tsuga jeffreyi (A. Henry) A. Henry
  

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:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• 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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