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Tsuga caroliniana |
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Carolina Hemlock |
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4
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Southeastern United States (southwestern Virginia to
northern Georgia in the Blue Ridge Mountains) |
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45 to 60’ in height by 20 to 25’ spread. |
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Plants are
monoecious. Flowers are
inconspicuous. |
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Radiating around the stem, linear, 1/4 to 3/4” long,
about 1/12” wide. |
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Reddish brown, deeply fissured, scaly. |
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Cones on short
stalks. |
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‘Arnold Pyramid' - Pyramidal, dense, with a rounded top, 25
to 35’ high.
‘Compacta’-Dwarf, low growing and very
dense, wider than high. |
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