| Scientific Name: | Tsuga canadensis |
| Common Name: | Canada hemlock, eastern hemlock |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Pendulous |
| Form: | Mounded, Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Spiraled, Leathery, Glabrous, Linear, Entire, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Green-yellow, Brown, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Twigs yellow-brown, densely pubescent, needles flat, mostly appearing 2-ranked, dark green, on slender stocks, linear with slight tapering towards the apex, most 5-15mm long x 1-2mm wide (shortest of the hemlocks), margins towards apex may have tiny teeth, narrow whitish stomatal bands on underside; seed cones on short stalks, ovoid, 1.5-2(-2.5)cm long x 1-1.5cm wide (smallest of local hemlocks). <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Tsuga_canadensis.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |