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Western Hemlock

Tsuga heterophylla

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

Western Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla growing on an old Western Redcedar Thuja plicata stump.

Habitat:

Tsuga heterophylla, the western hemlock, is a species of hemlock native to the west coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and its southeastern limit in northern Sonoma County, California.

Notes:

3 or more generations... stump of a grandfather tree with great, great grand children!

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Comments (2)

thanks DST. This must have been a huge tree when it was standing. This trunk was a third taller than me...
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2012

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