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

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales 

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Tsuga
Species: Tsuga caroliniana

Name

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

Synonyms

  • 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

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

References

Additional references

  • Taylor, R.J. 1993. Tsuga. Pp. 362–365 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. XVI, 475 p., Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-508242-7. efloras Reference page. 
  • Farjon, A. 2001. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. 2. ed., 309 pp. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0 Reference page. 
  • Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden. ISBN 90-04-17718-3. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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