Basisdaten
Tree profile
name botanical:
Tsuga canadensis
other name:
Eastern Hemlock
family:
Pinaceae
species:
conifer
height:
up to 20 m (66 ft), often multi-stemmed
needle:
dark green, up to 2 cm (0.8 in) long, distichous, underside with two white stripes.
blossom description:
ovoids buds
fruit:
cones, up to 2 cm (0.8 in), inverted egg-shaped
bark:
auburn, first smooth later slightly cracked and slightly scaly
root:
Shallow- and deep-rooting
location:
sun up to half-shade
soil:
sandy up to sandy-clayey, chalk chalk incompatible
ph value:
acidic up to neutral
stature:
branches horizontal, overhanging at the end