Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)

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Alternate Common Name: Canadian hemlock
Average Height: Eastern or Canadian hemlock is a medium sized tree, reaching up to 80 feet tall.
Average Width: No data
Leaf Description: Eastern hemlock features flat single needles tapering to a dull point. Shiny green above with two lines of white from below.
Bark Description: Young bark is gray brown and smooth, turning scaly with age often showing red brown in furrows.
Twig Description: Canadian hemlock twigs are slender, gray-brown with small buds.
Flowering: Flowers of male Eastern or Canadian hemlock trees are yellow and round, females are yellow and found at branch tips.
Needle or Broadleaf: Needle bearing
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