Pinaceae
Eastern hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Tsuga
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- أتسوغة كندية, الشوكران الشرقية
- arz
- تسوجا كنديه
- Azerbaijani
- Kanada tsuqası
- Basque
- Kanadar tsuga
- Belarusian
- Тсуга канадзкая, Тсуга канадская, Тсуга
- Bulgarian
- Канадска цуга
- Cherokee
- ᏃᏄ
- Chinese
- 加拿大铁杉, 东方铁杉, 加拿大鐵杉
- Czech
- Jedlovec kanadský
- Danish
- Østamerikansk Hemlock, Canadisk Skarntydegran
- Dutch
- Oostelijke hemlockspar, Canadese hemlockspar
- English
- Eastern hemlock, Canada hemlock, Canadian hemlock, Common hemlock, Eastern hemlock-spruce, Hemlock spruce, New England hemlock
- Esperanto
- Orienta cugo, Kanada cugo
- Estonian
- Kanada tsuuga
- Finnish
- Kanadanhemlokki
- French
- Pruche du Canada
- German
- Kanadische Hemlocktanne, Kanadische Hemlock
- Greek
- Καναδική τσούγκα
- Hebrew
- צוגה קנדית
- hsb
- Kanadiska tsuga
- Hungarian
- Kanadai hemlokfenyő
- Icelandic
- Skógarþöll
- Japanese
- カナダツガ, ツガオイル
- Lithuanian
- Kanadinė cūga
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Canadahemlokk, Kanadahemlokk, Østamerikansk hemlokk
- Polish
- Choina kanadyjska
- Russian
- Тсуга канадская, Восточный хемлок, Канадский хемлок
- Serbian
- Канадска цуга
- Slovak
- Jedľovec kanadský
- Slovenian
- Kanadska čuga
- Swedish
- Hemlock
- Ukrainian
- Тсуґа канадська, Тсуга канадська
- Welsh
- Hemlog y Dwyrain
Synonyms
- Abies americana Mill.
- Abies canadensis (L.) Dum.Cours.
- Abies canadensis var. gracilis Waterer ex Gordon
- Abies canadensis var. microphylla Lindl.
- Abies curvifolia Salisb.
- Abies pectinata Poir.
- Picea canadensis (L.) Link
- Pinus americana (Mill.) Du Roi
- Pinus canadensis L.
- Pinus pendula Sol. ex Salisb.
- Tsuga americana (Mill.) Farw.
- Tsuga canadensis f. albospica (Beissn.) Beissn. & Fitschen
- Tsuga canadensis f. compacta (Sénécl.) Rehder
- Tsuga canadensis f. gracilis (Waterer ex Gordon) Beissn.
- Tsuga canadensis f. jenkinsii (L.H.Bailey) Rehder
- Tsuga canadensis f. microphylla (Lindl.) Beissn.
- Tsuga canadensis f. minuta (Teusch.) Rehder
- Tsuga canadensis f. parvula Vict. & Rousseau
- Tsuga canadensis f. pendula Beissn.
- Tsuga canadensis f. sargentii (A.Henry) C.K.Schneid.
- Tsuga canadensis f. sparsifolia (Beissn.) Rehder
- Tsuga canadensis var. albospica Beissn.
- Tsuga canadensis var. compacta Sénécl.
- Tsuga canadensis var. jenkinsii L.H.Bailey
- Tsuga canadensis var. minuta Teusch.
- Tsuga canadensis var. pendula (Beissn.) Beissn.
- Tsuga canadensis var. sargentiana A.H.Kent
- Tsuga canadensis var. sargentii A.Henry
- Tsuga canadensis var. sparsifolia Beissn.
- Tsuga canadensis var. wellesiana Hornibr.
- Tsuga caroliniana f. compacta (Hornibr.) Rehder
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.