Tsuga canadensis

Eastern hemlock is in the pine or Pinaceae family, with a native range from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada to around the Great Lakes, and south to the Appalachian Mountains in northern Georgia and Alabama, being generally confined to areas with cool and humid climates.

• Tree form is a dense pyramid, often with a drooping leading shoot; height is generally up to 30 m and diameter up to 1.5 m. It is very shade-tolerant and can be long-lived (some recorded over 500 years old).
• Needle-like leaves are up to 1.5 cm long, dark green above, flattened with 2 stomatal lines on the bottom, appearing 2-ranked, tapering to a blunt point; they are attached to the stem on slender stocks.
• Species is monoecious; male cones are small, yellow, beneath the shoot; female cones are small, pendant, short-stocked, in clusters and up to 2 cm long and up to 1–1.5 cm wide when closed, initially green and maturing to tan-brown.
• Over 20 cultivars have been developed for extensive use in landscaping.