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eastern hemlock

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Noun1.eastern hemlock - common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canadaeastern hemlock - common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
Canadian hemlock, spruce pine, Tsuga canadensis
hemlock tree, hemlock - an evergreen tree
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Unfortunately, it is susceptible to cankers, leaf and twig blight, cottony aphids, bark beetle, and scale insects Another of the evergreen conifers, the Eastern Hemlock is a broad leafed tree that can grow up to 100 feet in height.
Evergreen Confierious Trees by Dennis Sons / Home improvement and landscaping community
of New Brunswick, Canada) covers the 12 most common species indigenous to North America (balsam fir, eastern hemlock, tamarack larch, eastern white pine, jack pine, pitch pine, red pine, black spruce, red spruce, white spruce, eastern juniper, and eastern thuja), follows the life cycle of the tree, from seed to sapling, and compares genera and species at each stage.
Lives of conifers; a comparative account of the coniferous trees by SciTech Book News
In the Eastern Hemlock area there are hemlock up to 260 years old, black birch up to 245 years old and red oaks up to 315 years old, he said.
Trees stand the test of time by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
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