Tsuga caroliniana
Carolina Hemlock
Pinaceae

Located next to the Benton Art Museum, across from Hall dormitory.

  • needles short, .25"-.75", deep green above and lighter beneath
  • needle tips rounded, margins smooth
  • needles radiate in different directions, not strictly two-ranked like T. canadensis.
  • branching pattern not as regular as T. canadensis
  • cones 1"-1.5", very open scales, different than T. canadensis
  • mature size smaller than T. canadensis
  • stems often have cottony white material at base of needles, from Hemlock Woolly Adelgid insect


View Tsuga caroliniana page in the UConn Plant Database

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