Datasheet
Tsuga heterophylla (western hemlock)
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Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.
Preferred Common Name
- western hemlock
Other Scientific Names
- Abies albertiana A. Murray bis
- Abies heterophylla Raf.
International Common Names
- French: tsuga de Californie; tsuga de l'ouest
Local Common Names
- North America: Alaska pine; pruche de l'ouest
- Canada: Pacific hemlock
- Germany: Westamerikanische Hemlocktanne
- Italy: tsuga di California; tsuga eterofilla
- Netherlands: westamerikaanse hemlockspar
- Sweden: västamerikansk hemlock
- USA: Pacific hemlock; west coast hemlock
EPPO code
- TSUHE (Tsuga heterophylla)
Trade name
- hem-fir
- mixed species
- mountain hemlock-hem-fir
- western hemlock
- western woods
- white woods
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Gymnospermae
- Class: Pinopsida
- Family: Pinaceae
- Genus: Tsuga
- Species: Tsuga heterophylla
List of Pests
Top of pageMajor host of:
Acleris gloverana (western blackheaded budworm); Arceuthobium tsugense (hemlock dwarf mistletoe); Armillaria ostoyae (armillaria root rot); Echinodontium tinctorium (Indian paint fungus); Fomitopsis pinicola (brown crumbly rot); Lambdina fiscellaria (eastern hemlock looper); Megastigmus tsugae (hemlock seed chalcid); Ophiostoma piceae (vascular mycosis of oak); Sirococcus conigenus (sirococcus blight of conifers); Trypodendron lineatum (striped ambrosia beetle)Minor host of:
Armillaria mellea (armillaria root rot); Dendroctonus pseudotsugae (Douglas-fir beetle); Heterobasidion annosum; Heterobasidion annosum sensu lato (Heterobasidion root rot); Heterobasidion parviporum; Ophiostoma wageneri (black-stain root disease); Phellinus weirii (laminated root rot); Phytophthora pluvialis (red needle cast)Host of (source - data mining):
Armillaria limonea; Armillaria novae-zelandiae; Coleophora laricella (larch casebearer); Colletotrichum acutatum (black spot of strawberry); Fiorinia externa; Gnathotrichus retusus (wood stainer, western pine); Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa (western hemlock looper); Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death (SOD)); Reticulitermes flavipes (eastern subterranean termite)Uses List
Top of pageEnvironmental
- Agroforestry
- Boundary, barrier or support
General
- Ornamental
Materials
- Fibre
- Wood/timber
Wood Products
Top of pageContainers
- Crates
- Pallets
Pulp
- Short-fibre pulp
Roundwood
- Building poles
- Posts
Sawn or hewn building timbers
- Carpentry/joinery (exterior/interior)
- Flooring
- For light construction
Veneers
Wood-based materials
- Plywood