Pinaceae

Carolina hemlock

Tsuga caroliniana Engelm.

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Tsuga

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Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana) — LeavesPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: أتسوغة كارولينية
arz: اتسوغه كارولينيه
English: Carolina hemlock
Finnish: Rotkohemlokki
French: Pruche de la Caroline
German: Carolina-Hemlocktanne
Icelandic: Fagurþöll
Norwegian Bokmål: Carolinahemlokk
Turkish: Carolina sugası

Synonyms

Abies caroliniana (Engelm.) Chapm.
Pinus caroliniana (Engelm.) Voss
Tsuga caroliniana var. compacta Hornibr.

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

LeavesPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michael Sprague from Candler, North Carolina, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: jamessimpson834, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Sprague from Candler, North Carolina, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Myriam Thys, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Morgan Freese, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Sprague from Candler, North Carolina, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Sprague from Candler, North Carolina, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carol Ann McCormick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.