Pinaceae
Mountain hemlock
Tsuga mertensiana
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Tsuga
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- أتسوغة مرتنسيانية
- arz
- اتسوغه مرتنسيانيه
- Chinese
- 山地鐵杉, 山地铁杉, 长果铁杉
- Czech
- Jedlovec Mertensův
- Dutch
- Mertens' berghemlockspar
- English
- Mountain hemlock
- Finnish
- Vuorihemlokki
- French
- Pruche subalpine
- German
- Berg-Hemlocktanne
- Hebrew
- צוגה הררית
- Hungarian
- Szirti hemlokfenyő, Kaliforniai hemlokfenyő
- Icelandic
- Fjallaþöll
- Japanese
- マウンテンヘムロック, ミヤマベイツガ
- Lithuanian
- Juodoji cūga
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjellhemlokk
- Persian
- کاج شوکران کوهی
- Russian
- Тсуга горная
- Swedish
- Berghemlock
- Ukrainian
- Тсуга гірська
Synonyms
- Abies mertensiana (Bong.) Lindl. & Gordon
- Abies pattoniana J.Jeffrey ex Balf.
- Abies pattonii Jeffrey ex Gordon
- Abies taxifolia J.Jeffrey ex Gordon
- Abies williamsonii Newb.
- Hesperopeuce mertensiana (Bong.) Rydb.
- Hesperopeuce pattoniana (J.Jeffrey ex Balf.) Lemmon
- Picea californica Carrière
- Picea hookeriana (A.Murray bis) Bertrand
- Picea mertensiana Gordon
- Pinus mertensiana Bong.
- Pinus pattoniana (J.Jeffrey ex Balf.) Parl.
- Tsuga mertensiana var. macrophylla Beissn.
- Tsuga pattoniana (J.Jeffrey ex Balf.) Engelm.
- Tsuga pattonii Coville
- Tsuga williamsonii (Newb.) de Vos
- Tsugaxpicea hookeriana (A.Murray bis) Van Campo & Gaussen
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jeremy Kirouac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: k1birnstengel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Doreen Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: NaNo_ N9, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Victor Agababov, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: mogros56, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Joshua Friesen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: deepak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Andrew Shanafelt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Nathan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.