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1562
Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
):
Pinaceae
Tsuga caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database:
Pinaceae
Tsuga caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Pinaceae
016-03-002
Tsuga caroliniana
Common Name:
Carolina Hemlock
Tree
Perennial
Evergreen
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Piedmont)
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
Look for it primarily in open forests on ridge tops, rocky bluffs, or gorge walls, generally in drier and rockier sites than T. canadensis, but the two sometimes grow in close proximity or even intermixed in humid gorges, per Weakley's Flora
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Leaves:
Flower:
Spring
Fruit:
Summer/Fall
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p169
Gardening with Native Plants of the South p040
Landscaping with Native Trees p249
Trees of the Southeastern US p038
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p02
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JK Marlow
jkm0404l_09
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April
Rutherford County
NC
Chimney Rock Park
Usually in drier rockier sites than T. canadensis, but sometimes mixed, per Weakley's Flora.
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0305zc_10
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May
Buncombe County
NC
Botanical Gardens at Asheville
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0506c_11
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June
Rutherford County
NC
Chimney Rock Park
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0407b_23
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July
Rutherford County
NC
Chimney Rock Park
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0509h_33
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September
Rutherford County
NC
Chimney Rock Park
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0509h_33b
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September
Rutherford County
NC
Chimney Rock Park
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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Ron Lance
rwl1562_a
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September
Primarily in open forests on ridge tops, rocky bluffs, or gorge walls, per Weakley's Flora.
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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Ron Lance
rwl1562_b
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September
Acknowledgments
to
Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review
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