Tsuga caroliniana

Tsuga caroliniana, Stone Mountain, Blue Ridge Mountains, NC, USA

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Pinales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pinophyta
Classis: Pinopsida
Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Tsuga
Species: Tsuga caroliniana

Name edit

Tsuga caroliniana Engelm., Bot. Gaz. 6: 223 (1881).

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Abies caroliniana (Engelm.) Chapm., Fl. South. U.S., ed. 2(Suppl.): 650 (1883).
    • Pinus caroliniana (Engelm.) Voss, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 94 (1907).
  • Heterotypic
    • Tsuga caroliniana var. compacta Hornibr., Dwarf Conifers: 185 (1923).
    • Tsuga caroliniana f. compacta (Hornibr.) Rehder, Bibl. Cult. Trees: 17 (1949).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: Carolina Hemlock
suomi: Rotkohemlokki
français: Pruche de la Caroline
norsk: Carolinahemlokk
Türkçe: Carolina sugası
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