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Northern Japanese Hemlock

Tsuga diversifolia

Pinaceae · conifer · introduced

Quick Facts

Height
80 ft
Light
Full Sun to Shade
Hardiness
Zone Zones 4–5
Bloom Time
Non-flowering
Origin
Japan

Diseases (12)

Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot
Heterobasidion annosum (syn. Fomes annosus) Annosus Root Rot
Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot
Many conifers Drought Injury
Arceuthobium spp. (parasitic plant) Dwarf Mistletoe
Botrytis cinerea Gray Mold
Heterobasidion Root Disease
Coniferiporia sulphurascens Laminated Root Rot
Thekopsora minima and Naohidemyces vaccinii Rust
Shoot Blight
Rhizoctonia spp. (binucleate) Web Blight
Limb and Wood Decay

Pests (7)

Hemlock scale
Adelges tsugae Hemlock woolly adelgid
Coneworm
Coneworm and shoot moth
Chionaspis pinifoliae Pine needle scale
Cylindrocopturus furnissi Root weevil
Hemlock adelgid

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