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Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.

Pinaceae

NW MW North America (Canada: British Columbia, Alberta; USA: Alaska, Washington to Montana to California) int MW Eurasia (from Britain to France)

NW MW

sci [hel] hyg->xer calc sili acid->neut

cl (emblem tree of Washington State of USA) cl(ob) (Haida often mixed hemlock cambium with highbush cranberries Viburnum edule, such cakes were frequently mentionned in Haida myths as a feast food of supernatural beings) fd(ob) (boiled bark gives a cake dried and stored for winter; one cake at a time was taken out and soaked in warm water then stirred into a pasty substance and mixed with grease and was eaten together with coho salmon skin, the slimy cambium was scraped off and eaten by several Coastal Indian groups of British Columbia) fw ma (bark used for its tannin contents) ma(ob) (hemlock boughs were frequently used by the Indians groups to catch herring spawn, hooks, spears, spoons) pl pp ti (gymnasium flooring, suitable for all uses but heavy construction)

Abies heterophylla Raf. Tsuga albertiana Sénéclauze Tsuga mertensiana auct. non (Bong.) Carrière

western hemlock; Alaska pine (USA); British Columbia hemlock, grey fir, hemlock (Canada); hemlock spruce, Pacific hemlock (Canada, USA); Prince Albert's fir; Prince Albert-spruce, spruce (Canada); west coast hemlock (USA); western American hemlock, western hemlock fir

pruche de l'Ouest; hemlock de l'Ouest, pruche occidentale, tsuga, tsuga de Californie; tsuga de l'Ouest (Canada); tsuga hétérophylle

Hemlockstanne, Kalifornische Hemlocktanne, Schierlingstanne (german); tsuga del Pacifico, tsuga di California, tsuga occidentale (italian); tsuga; Westamerikanische Hemlocktanne, Westliche Hemlocktanne (german)

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Latin name	Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.
Family	Pinaceae
Distribution	NW MW North America (Canada: British Columbia, Alberta; USA: Alaska, Washington to Montana to California) int MW Eurasia (from Britain to France)
North America distribution zone	NW MW
Height	G
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci [hel] hyg->xer calc sili acid->neut
Use	cl (emblem tree of Washington State of USA) cl(ob) (Haida often mixed hemlock cambium with highbush cranberries Viburnum edule, such cakes were frequently mentionned in Haida myths as a feast food of supernatural beings) fd(ob) (boiled bark gives a cake dried and stored for winter; one cake at a time was taken out and soaked in warm water then stirred into a pasty substance and mixed with grease and was eaten together with coho salmon skin, the slimy cambium was scraped off and eaten by several Coastal Indian groups of British Columbia) fw ma (bark used for its tannin contents) ma(ob) (hemlock boughs were frequently used by the Indians groups to catch herring spawn, hooks, spears, spoons) pl pp ti (gymnasium flooring, suitable for all uses but heavy construction)
Synonym	Abies heterophylla Raf. Tsuga albertiana Sénéclauze Tsuga mertensiana auct. non (Bong.) Carrière
English name	western hemlock; Alaska pine (USA); British Columbia hemlock, grey fir, hemlock (Canada); hemlock spruce, Pacific hemlock (Canada, USA); Prince Albert's fir; Prince Albert-spruce, spruce (Canada); west coast hemlock (USA); western American hemlock, western hemlock fir
French name	pruche de l'Ouest; hemlock de l'Ouest, pruche occidentale, tsuga, tsuga de Californie; tsuga de l'Ouest (Canada); tsuga hétérophylle
Spanish name	Hemlockstanne, Kalifornische Hemlocktanne, Schierlingstanne (german); tsuga del Pacifico, tsuga di California, tsuga occidentale (italian); tsuga; Westamerikanische Hemlocktanne, Westliche Hemlocktanne (german)
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