Tsuga caroliniana
Carolina Hemlock

Tsuga caroliniana - Overall Tree
 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark green evergreen foliage with a feathery texture)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Small cones; not ornamentally important)
 Ultimate Height:
45-60 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
20-25 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, well-drained soils
 Range:
Mountains of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Needles (0.25-0.75" long) have entire margins and tend to radiate around the stem like a bottlebrush (not as 2-ranked as T. canadensis. T. canadensis also has minute teeth on margin). Foliage often more compact and darker green than T. canadensis.
  Special Characteristics:
  • Fast Growth Rate 225
  • Notable Texture 278
  • Groupings 199
  • Hedge 255
  • Screen 179
  • Specimen 612
  • Shade Tolerant 114

    • Additional Information

    Slower growth than Tsuga canadensis and less variable in size and form. Performs better under city conditions than T. canadensis. Still, like T. canadensis, foliage browns in dry soil, drying wind, and winter sun in very exposed sites, and it does not tolerate long periods of drought. Can be scorched by full sun and temperatures above 95 degrees F. Many different kinds of minor pest problems.

    7 Tsuga caroliniana found

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    = Heritage plant = Memorial plant
    Number Accession ID Location
    12015_00498*ADLR
    22012_01327*ASMTH
    32015_00496*ADLR
    42018_01034*AFWLR
    52009_14407*AAGAD
    62018_01034*BFWLR
    72015_00497*ADLR

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