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Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière

Pinaceae

MC ME North America (Canada: Ontario to Nova Scotia; USA: Minnesota to Maine to Alabama) int MW Eurasia (Germany)

MC ME

sci [hel] hyg->mes acid

cl (emblem tree of Pennsylvania State of USA) dr (bark poultice used for itching armpits, roots are chewed to check bowels, tea of stem tips used for kidneys) fr fw (firewood) ma (the bark makes rosy-tan dye and also used for tannin, the inner bark is good for baskets) ma(ob) (dye, talic acid) pl pp ti (beams, boxes, crates, framing, lumber, plywood, railroad ties, retaining wall) tx (dermatitis)

Pinus canadensis L. Tsuga americana (Mill.) Farwell Tsuga canadensis f. parvula Vict. & Rousseau

eastern hemlock; black hemlock (Canada); Canada hemlock, Canadian hemlock, common hemlock; hemlock, hemlock gum tree (Canada); hemlock spruce, Huron pine, red hemlock, spruce p.p., spruce pine p.p. (USA); tree-juniper, weeping-spruce (Canada); white hemlock

pruche du Canada; haricot (Canada); hemlock du Canada; pérusse (Canada, France); pruche (Canada); pruche canadienne; pruche de l'Est (Canada); prusse (Canada, France); sapin ciguë; sapin du Canada (Canada); sapinette du Canada, tsuga commun; tsuga du Canada, violon (Canada)

Kanadische Hemlocktanne, Schierlingstanne (german); tsuga canadese (italian)

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Latin name	Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière
Family	Pinaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (Canada: Ontario to Nova Scotia; USA: Minnesota to Maine to Alabama) int MW Eurasia (Germany)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci [hel] hyg->mes acid
Use	cl (emblem tree of Pennsylvania State of USA) dr (bark poultice used for itching armpits, roots are chewed to check bowels, tea of stem tips used for kidneys) fr fw (firewood) ma (the bark makes rosy-tan dye and also used for tannin, the inner bark is good for baskets) ma(ob) (dye, talic acid) pl pp ti (beams, boxes, crates, framing, lumber, plywood, railroad ties, retaining wall) tx (dermatitis)
Synonym	Pinus canadensis L. Tsuga americana (Mill.) Farwell Tsuga canadensis f. parvula Vict. & Rousseau
English name	eastern hemlock; black hemlock (Canada); Canada hemlock, Canadian hemlock, common hemlock; hemlock, hemlock gum tree (Canada); hemlock spruce, Huron pine, red hemlock, spruce p.p., spruce pine p.p. (USA); tree-juniper, weeping-spruce (Canada); white hemlock
French name	pruche du Canada; haricot (Canada); hemlock du Canada; pérusse (Canada, France); pruche (Canada); pruche canadienne; pruche de l'Est (Canada); prusse (Canada, France); sapin ciguë; sapin du Canada (Canada); sapinette du Canada, tsuga commun; tsuga du Canada, violon (Canada)
Spanish name
Other name	Kanadische Hemlocktanne, Schierlingstanne (german); tsuga canadese (italian)
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