Tsuga dumosa

Himalayan hemlock is in the pine or Pinaceae family and is native to the Himalayan Mountains : India - from Uttar Pradesh to the Assam Himal; northern Burma; Vietnam; southeastern Tibet; China (northwestern Yunnan and into southwestern Sichuan provinces, favoring higher elevations with cold climate, high rainfall, clouds and high humidity. It grows to a height of about 25 m.

• Tree crown is on small trees is ovoid with pendulous bushes; on mature trees it is broad, irregular-pyramidal and open, often with multiple stems.
• Needle-like leaves are flat, up to 1.0–1.5 cm long, 2 mm wide, spirally arranged, pointing forward on branches. Upper side of leaf is green, glossy, with concave midrib ; underside is lighter colour with 2 white bands of stomata; apex (tip of leaf) is obtuse or rounded (occasionally notched).
• Species is monoecious; pollen (staminate) cones are 3-4 mm long, round, pale green. Seed (pistillate) cones are non-fragmenting, round-ovate, down-curved, 1.8–2.8 cm long by 1 cm wide, originally green but maturing to dark brown. Scales are spirally arranged.
• Twigs are reddish brown or greyish yellow in their first year and are pubescent (covered with short hairs). Branches that are 2 to 3 years old are greyish brown or dark grey; bark is a similar to that of an old larch: somewhat pinkish to grey-brown and heavily ridged with broad, shallow, flaky fissures. .