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Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.

Western Hemlock

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Westliche Hemlocktanne
English Western Hemlock
Français Peruche occidental
Italiano Westliche Hemlocktanne
Suomi Westliche Hemlocktanne
Norsk Westliche Hemlocktanne
Čeština Westliche Hemlocktanne
Español Abeto occidental
Svenska Westliche Hemlocktanne
Polski Westliche Hemlocktanne
Український Westliche Hemlocktanne
Român Westliche Hemlocktanne
Русский Westliche Hemlocktanne
Български Westliche Hemlocktanne
EESTI Westliche Hemlocktanne
日本語 Westliche Hemlocktanne
Other names British Columbia hemlock [English]; Hemlock spruce [English]; Kalifornische Hemlocktanne [German]; Nyugati hemlokfenyo [Hungarian]; Pacific hemlock [English]; Pacific hemlock [English]; Pacific hemlock [English]; Schierlingstanne [German]; Tsuga del Pacifico [Italian]; Tsuga del Pacifico [Italian]; Tsuga di California [Italian]; Tsuga di California [Italian]; Tsuga occidentale [Italian]; Tsuga occidentale [Italian]; Vestamerikansk hemlock [Norwegian]; Westamerikanische Hemlocktanne [German]; Westamerikanische Hemlocktanne [German]; Western hemlock [English]; Western hemlock [English]; Western hemlock [English]; Western hemlock [English]; Western hemlock [English]; Westerse hemlockspar [Dutch]; Westliche Hemlocktanne [German]; pruche de l'Ouest [French]; pruche occidentale [French]; tsuga de l'ouest [French]; tsuga de l'ouest [French]; zapadnoamericka cuga; тсуга разнолистная (tsuga raznolistnaya) (tsuga raznolistnaa (tsuga raznolistnaya)) [Russian]; 异叶铁杉 (yi ye tie shan) (yi ye tie shan (yi ye tie shan)) [Chinese]

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions North America
States and Territories W North America: along the coast from Alaska to N California and in the Cascade Range, also in the northern Rocky Mountains (mainly in British Columbia and Idaho).; Subarctic America; Alaska; Western Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Northwestern U.S.A.; Idaho; Montana; Oregon; Washington; Southwestern U.S.A.; California

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Gymnosperm
Class Pinopsida
Order Pinales
Family Pinaceae
Genus Tsuga
Species heterophylla
Author citation (Raf.) Sarg.
Scientific name Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.

Habitus

Wood type Softwood
Growth habit Baum

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 4
House longhorn beetle (Hylotrupes bajulus) D
Common furniture beetle (Anobium) S
Termites S

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 3
Impregnability of the sapwood 1

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 470.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 490.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 510.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Western Hemlock

TSHT , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere

Tree

Western Hemlock

TSHT , Tree , ©Michael P. Frankis

Western Hemlock

TSHT , young Tree , ©Michael P. Frankis

Cones

Western Hemlock

TSHT , Cones , ©Michael P. Frankis