Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Trees and shrubs
Western hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla
Western hemlock is an evergreen tree that reaches about 170 feet at maturity, with a slow growth rate. Up to about 200 feet tall. Often much shorter. In the wild it grows in moist, alluvial areas; wooded slopes below 2000 ft.
Water
Moderate
Light
Sun, Part shade, Shade
Hardiness
Zone 4
Mature height
170 ft
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Growing guide
- Growth habit
- Evergreen Tree
- Mature size
- Up to about 200 feet tall. Often much shorter.
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Water needs
- Moderate; low drought tolerance once established
- Soil moisture
- Moist, Wet
- Light
- Sun, Part Shade, Shade
- Cold hardiness
- To -23°F (about USDA Zone 4)
- Bloom
- Purple · Apr
- Grows in
- Moist, alluvial areas; wooded slopes below 2000 ft.
- Native range
- AK to n.w. CA, e. to MT
Wildlife and uses
Western hemlock responds best in areas with high humidity and low summer temperatures. Seedlings do well in shade.
Good for: Restoration, Riparian, Landscape
Sources
Hardiness zone is estimated from the USDA minimum temperature. Uses are suggested from USDA plant traits.
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