Pinaceae - Pine Family
"A Year With the Trees" - Tree Number 75
Eastern Hemlock Tree
Tsuga canadensis
This Eastern Hemlock lives in Asheville. While it does have some Wooly Adelgid infestation, it still has new growth.
This Hemlock is alive and well at the Asheville Botanical Gardens. ashevillebotanicalgardens.org
My favorite Eastern Hemlock tree lives at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville.
This Eastern Hemlock lives at the Asheville Botanical Gardens. ashevillebotanicalgardens.org.
http://www.americanforests.org/big-trees/eastern-hemlock-tsuga-canadensis-2/
Eastern hemlock trees are some of the largest and most common trees in the Great Smoky Mountains. The Eastern hemlock can grow more than 150 feet tall with a diameter of six feet. Some hemlocks in the park are over 500 years old.
These trees are being attacked by the non-native insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid. The hemlock woolly adelgid is likely to kill most of the hemlock trees in the park unless a solution can be found.
There are great efforts taking place every day in the Smokies to stop the adelgid from killing the Hemlocks. You can learn more about this and see how you can help by going to the website:
http://www.nps.gov/grsm/naturescience/hemlock-woolly-adelgid.htm
For the love of the trees,
Becky
"A Year With the Trees" - Tree Number 75
Eastern Hemlock Tree
Tsuga canadensis
Spring
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| Eastern Hemlock Bark |
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| Eastern Hemlock new growth and underside of needles |
Summer
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| The Eastern Hemlock in July |
Fall
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| Eastern Hemlock |
Winter
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| Eastern Hemlock |
My favorite Eastern Hemock Tree
My favorite Eastern Hemlock tree lives at the Botanical Gardens of Asheville.
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| The Eastern Hemlock Tree |
The Champion Eastern Hemlock Trees
The Champion Eastern Hemlock tree lives in Macon County, North Carolina. This is also the NC Champion tree as well. It is 192 inches in circumference and is 159 feet tall. http://www.americanforests.org/big-trees/eastern-hemlock-tsuga-canadensis-2/
Eastern hemlock trees are some of the largest and most common trees in the Great Smoky Mountains. The Eastern hemlock can grow more than 150 feet tall with a diameter of six feet. Some hemlocks in the park are over 500 years old.
These trees are being attacked by the non-native insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid. The hemlock woolly adelgid is likely to kill most of the hemlock trees in the park unless a solution can be found.
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| Eastern Hemlock with Wooly Adelgid infestation |
There are great efforts taking place every day in the Smokies to stop the adelgid from killing the Hemlocks. You can learn more about this and see how you can help by going to the website:
http://www.nps.gov/grsm/naturescience/hemlock-woolly-adelgid.htm
For the love of the trees,
Becky
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| from my journal... |
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