Tsuga heterophylla
Western Hemlock

Family: Pinaceae (Pine family)

Photo taken near Fish Lake, open woods, greater than 20 year old burned area

Flowers:

Fruit:

cones 1.5 to 2.5 cm long

Leaves:

unequal length needles, 5 to 20 mm long, nearly flat, tip rounded to blunt; upper surface green, lower surface whitish

Plant:

mature bark thin, reddish brown with narrow grooves between broad ridges. Cambium made into coarse bread by the Shuswap. Infusion of bark taken for colds by the Thompson.

Habitat:

from the coast to 5,000 ft in the mountains, especially where it is moist

Distribution of species:

Alaska to California and Montana

Distribution of genus:

10 species: northern hemisphere