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Western Hemlock
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T. canadensis Eastern Hemlock
T. caroliniana Carolina Hemlock
T. chinensis Taiwan Hemlock
T. diversifolia Northern Japanese Hemlock
T. dumosa Himalayan Hemlock
T. heterophylla Western Hemlock
T. mertensiana Mountain Hemlock
T. sieboldii Southern Japanese Hemlock
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The genus Tsuga ( Pinaceae) includes those trees called hemlock (see hemlock for other senses of the word). The genus includes 8 species, 4 in North America and 4 in Asia. The name Tsuga is the Japanese word for Tsuga sieboldii.
- Western Hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla. This is a particularly common timber tree in the Pacific Northwest of North America and is also planted for timber in Britain and other temperate areas.
- Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis.
- Mountain Hemlock Tsuga martensiana.
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Pinus - Picea - Cathaya - LarixThis article is about larch trees. About 12; see text Larches are conifers in the genus Larix in the family Pinaceae. They are deciduous trees, growing from 15-50 m tall, and are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in t - PseudotsugaDouglas-fir is the common name applied to coniferous trees of the genus Pseudotsuga in the family Pinaceae. There are five species, two in western North America, one in Mexico and two in eastern Asia. The douglas-firs gave 19th century botanists problems - AbiesFirs Abies are a genus of between 45-55 species of evergreen conifers in the family Pinaceae. All are trees, reaching heights of 10-80 m tall and trunk diameters of 0. 5-4 m when mature. Firs can be distinguished from other members of the pine family by t - CedrusCedrus deodara ''Cedrus libani C. libani var. libani C. libani var. stenocoma C. libani var. brevifolia C. libani var. atlantica Cedar correctly refers to those trees belonging to the genus Cedrus in the coniferous plant family Pinaceae. They are most clo - Keteleeria - Pseudolarix - Nothotsuga - Tsuga
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