Taxon: Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière

Genus:

Tsuga

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

40698

Place of publication:

Traité gén. conif. 189. 1855

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

15-may-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-mar-2017

Species priority site is:

National Arboretum (NA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Abies canadensis var. gracilis Waterer ex Gordon
(≡) Picea canadensis (L.) Link
Basionym: Pinus canadensis L.
(=) Tsuga canadensis f. fastigiata (Beissn.) C. K. Schneid.
(=) Tsuga canadensis f. gracilis (Waterer ex Gordon) Beissn.
(=) Tsuga canadensis var. fastigiata Beissn.

Common names:

Canadian hemlock (Source: Phytol Mem) - English
eastern hemlock (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
eastern hemlock-spruce (Source: BSBI) - English
hemlock (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2) - English
pruche de l'Est (Source: HerbSpices) - French
pruche du Canada (Source: F NAmer) - French
Hemlocktanne (Source: HerbSpices) - German
tsuga canadese (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
hemlock (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard)
Materials: essential oils (fide HerbSpices)
Materials: wood (fide AH 519)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Quebec (s.), Nova Scotia, Ontario (s.e.), Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana (s.), Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Minnesota (e.), Wisconsin]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (n.), Delaware, Georgia (n.), Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Gymnosperms&FamilyID=Pinaceae&GenusID=Tsuga&SpeciesID=canadensis), Virginia]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard) 4:526.
International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971 (Mult Glossary Trees)
Little, E. L., Jr. Important forest trees of the United States. 1978 (AH 519)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae Phytologia Mem. 8:213.

Check other web resources for Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière :

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=40698. Accessed 14 mayo 2024.