Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Tsuga Canadensis

Size:

50' tall by 40' wide

Leaves:

opposite, 1/2" glossy needles with white undersides, in two opposite rows

Flowers:

inconspicuous

Fruit:

small, pendant, seed-bearing cone

Fall Interest:

needled evergreen

Culture:

partial shade to full shade; cool, rich, consistently moist, acidic, well-drained soil; best in northwest Arkansas; will tolerate shearing; very fine-textured

Disease/Insect:

scale; hemlock woolly adelgid (tiny sap-sucking insect)

Use:

specimen

Cultivars:

Notes:

orangish to grayish brown bark with scaly plates; the highest leader and also branches often droop; native to North America