Taxon: Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carrière

Genus:

Tsuga

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

40709

Place of publication:

Traité gén. conif. ed. 2:250. 1867

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 hookeriana A. Murray bis
(≡) Abies mertensiana (Bong.) Lindl. & Gordon
(=) Abies pattoniana J. Jeffrey ex A. Murray bis
(≡) Hesperopeuce mertensiana (Bong.) Rydb.
Basionym: Pinus mertensiana Bong.
(=) Tsuga mertensiana f. argentea (Beissn.) Rehder
(=) Tsuga pattoniana (A. Murray bis) Engelm.

Common names:

alpine hemlock (Source: Websters Dict) - English
black hemlock (Source: F Canada) - English
mountain hemlock (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
pruche de Patton (Source: F NAmer) - French
berghemlock (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
blå berghemlock (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard)
Materials: fiber (fide F NAmer)
Materials: wood (fide Ency WTimber)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: United States [Alaska (s.)]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho (n.), Montana (n.w.), Oregon, Washington]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California (n. & c.), Nevada]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961 (Websters Dict)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 (Ency WTimber)
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, 527.
Scoggan, H. J. 1978. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. 1978-1979 (F Canada) 2:188.

Check other web resources for Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) 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=40709. Accessed 14 mayo 2024.