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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 40 - 80 feet
Plant Spread: 20 - 40 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Underground structures: Taproot
Pollinators: Wind
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Western Hemlock
  • Pacific Hemlock
  • Alaska Pine
  • West Coast Hemlock

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Location: Bedgebury National Pinetum, Goudhurst, England
Date: March 2022
photo of pollen cones by Brian Robertshaw via Trees and Shrubs On
Location: Columbia–Shuswap Region, British Columbia, Canada
Date: 06/17/2023
photo by Wade Tokarek via iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.or
Location: Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Date: 2011-05-24

Date: 2005-07-24
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Date: 2011-05-24
Location: Washington
Date: 2005-07-24
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Akureyri Botanical Gardens
credit: Hedwig Storch

Date: 2005-07-24
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Bedgeburry pinetum, County Sussex, England
Photo taken by my brother Carl Vandenberghe

credit: MPF
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Comments:
  • Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Apr 19, 2013 9:35 PM concerning plant:
    State tree of Washington.
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Mar 23, 2014 11:49 AM concerning plant:
    Native in the Pacific NW. This is a very elegant tree with a characteristic droopy top, I've often trained my outdoor porch light on one when covered with snow for a magical effect. Although it has no relation to poison hemlock, the crushed needles have a similar smell. Heterophylla means different leaves, referring to the mix of different lengthed needles. Very shade tolerant, and will reseed itself prolifically, creating a dense stand of seedlings. Lives 200-400 years. May be grown as a timber crop (moderate growth rate), or for firewood. The pitch can be used in salves and ointments.

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