Taxon: Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carrière

Common names:

• alpine hemlock   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• black hemlock   (Source: F Canada ) – English
  
• mountain hemlock   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• pruche de Patton   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• berghemlock   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  
• blå berghemlock   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Materials: fiber   (fide F NAmer)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Ency WTimber)
  

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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)
  Subarctic America: United States - Alaska [s.]
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho [n.], Montana [n.w.], Oregon, Washington
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [n. & c.], Nevada

• 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).
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Farjon, A. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of conifers.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 2000. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code).
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:216.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Tsuga mertensiana.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Tsuga mertensiana.

Synonyms:

• (=) Abies hookeriana A. Murray
  
• (≡) Abies mertensiana (Bong.) Lindl. & Gordon
  
• (=) Abies pattoniana A. Murray
  
• (≡) Hesperopeuce mertensiana (Bong.) Rydb.
  
• (≡) Pinus mertensiana Bong. (basionym)
  
• (=) Tsuga mertensiana f. argentea (Beissn.) Rehder
  
• (=) Tsuga pattoniana (A. Murray) Engelm.
  

Check other web resources for Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) 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 mertensiana 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.
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing

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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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