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|accepted_name=Tsuga canadensis
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Carrière
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|place=189. 1855
|year=1855
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|common_names=Eastern hemlock;pruche du Canada
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Pinus canadensis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl. ed.
|publication_place=2, 2: 1471. 1763
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|hierarchy=Pinaceae;Tsuga;Tsuga canadensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tsuga]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tsuga canadensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>to 30m; trunk to 1.5m diam.; crown broadly conic. <b>Bark</b> brownish, scaly and fissured. <b>Twigs</b> yellow-brown, densely pubescent. <b>Buds</b> ovoid, 1.5–2.5mm. <b>Leaves</b> (5–)15–20(–25)mm, mostly appearing 2-ranked, flattened; abaxial surface glaucous, with 2 broad, conspicuous stomatal bands, adaxial surface shiny green (yellow-green); margins minutely dentate, especially toward apex. <b>Seed</b> cones ovoid, 1.5–2.5 × 1–1.5cm; scales ovate to cuneate, 8–12 × 7–10mm, apex ± round, often projected outward. <b>2n</b> =24.</span><!--

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|habitat=Moist rocky ridges, ravines, and hillsides
|elevation=600–1800m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Numerous cultivars of <i>Tsuga canadensis</i> have been developed, including compact shrubs, dwarfs, and graceful trees. Wood of the species tends to be brittle and inferior to that of the other North American hemlocks.</p><!--
--><p>Eastern hemlock (<i>Tsuga canadensis</i>) is the state tree of Pennsylvania.</p>
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name=Tsuga canadensis
|authority=(Linnaeus) Carrière
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Pinus canadensis
|family=Pinaceae
|habitat=Moist rocky ridges, ravines, and hillsides
|elevation=600–1800m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=1855
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Tsuga
|species=Tsuga canadensis
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