Difference between revisions of "Tsuga caroliniana"

Engelmann

Bot. Gaz. 6: 223. 1881.

Common names: Carolina hemlock
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="tree some measurement"><b>Trees </b>to 30m;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="trunk diameter">trunk to 2m diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="crown shape">crown conic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="bark coloration;bark architecture or pubescence;bark relief"><b>Bark </b>brown, scaly and fissured.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="twig coloration;hair height or length or size;hair coloration"><b>Twigs </b>light-brown, thinly covered with short, dark hairs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bud shape;bud some measurement"><b>Buds </b>oblong, 2–3mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="leaf some measurement;leaf orientation;leaf prominence or shape;leaf shape or vernation"><b>Leaves </b>10–20mm, mostly spreading in all directions from twigs, flat but slightly revolute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="abaxial surface pubescence;stomatal count;stomatal width;stomatal prominence;band count;band width;band prominence;adaxial surface reflectance;adaxial surface coloration">abaxial surface glaucous, with 2 broad, conspicuous stomatal bands, adaxial surface shiny green;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="margin architecture or shape">margins entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="seed-cone shape;seed-cone shape;seed-cone shape;seed-cone length;seed-cone width"><b>Seed-</b>cones ovoid to oblong, 2.5–4 × 1.5–2.5cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="scale shape;scale length;scale width;base shape">scales oblong, 12–18 × 8–12mm, bases clawed, apex rounded.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="apex shape;2n chromosome count">2n =24.</span><!--
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Revision as of 14:16, 27 July 2019

Trees to 30m; trunk to 2m diam.; crown conic. Bark brown, scaly and fissured. Twigs light brown, thinly covered with short, dark hairs. Buds oblong, 2–3mm. Leaves 10–20mm, mostly spreading in all directions from twigs, flat but slightly revolute; abaxial surface glaucous, with 2 broad, conspicuous stomatal bands, adaxial surface shiny green; margins entire. Seed cones ovoid to oblong, 2.5–4 × 1.5–2.5cm; scales oblong, 12–18 × 8–12mm, bases clawed, apex rounded. 2n =24.


Habitat: Rocky montane slopes
Elevation: 700–1200m

Distribution

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Ga., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Va.

Discussion

Tsuga caroliniana is valuable as an attractive ornamental; a number of cultivars have been developed. The wood is of little commercial importance because of the combination of mediocre quality and the relative rarity of the species in nature.

Lower Taxa

None.