Pinaceae
Western hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Tsuga
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- أتسوغة متباينة الأوراق
- arz
- تسوجا متباينه الاوراق
- Chinese
- 加州鐵杉, 加州铁杉, 美國西部鐵杉, 西部铁杉, 异叶铁杉, 西部鐵杉
- Czech
- Jedlovec západní
- Danish
- Vestamerikansk Hemlock
- Dutch
- Westelijke hemlockspar, Westerse hemlockspar
- English
- Western hemlock, Pacific hemlock, Western hemlock-spruce
- Esperanto
- Okcidenta cugo
- Estonian
- Läänetsuuga
- Finnish
- Lännenhemlokki
- French
- Pruche de l'Ouest, Hemlock de l'Ouest, Pruche de l’Ouest
- German
- Westamerikanische Hemlocktanne, Westliche Hemlock
- Hebrew
- צוגה מערבית
- Hungarian
- Váltótűs hemlokfenyő, Nyugati hemlokfenyő
- Icelandic
- Marþöll
- Japanese
- アメリカツガ, ウェスタンヘムロック, ウエスタンヘムロック
- Lithuanian
- Kaliforninė cūga
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vestamerikansk hemlokk
- Persian
- کاج شوکران غربی
- Polish
- Choina zachodnia
- Russian
- Тсуга западная
- Slovak
- Jedľovec rôznolistý
- Swedish
- Jättehemlock
- Welsh
- Sbriwsen-hemlog y Gorllewin
Synonyms
- Abies albertiana A.Murray bis
- Abies bridgesii Kellogg
- Abies heterophylla Raf.
- Abies microphylla Raf.
- Pinus pattoniana W.R.McNab
- Tsuga albertiana (A.Murray bis) Sénécl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John A Haskins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: dbaron at Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Accedie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: rosaceae_roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ben Keen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Charlie Wanzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lance A, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, 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.