[Hemlocks: The Genus Tsuga West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Lowland Hemlock, Pacific Hemlock, Western Hemlock

Tsuga heterophylla

Synonym: Abies heterophylla

Cones of Western Hemlock, Pacific Hemlock, Lowland Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla (Synonym: Abies heterophylla)

Close-up of the cones of western hemlock.

Dorsal leaf surface of Western Hemlock, Pacific Hemlock, Lowland Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla (Synonym: Abies heterophylla) - Ventral leaf surface of Western Hemlock, Pacific Hemlock, Lowland Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla (Synonym: Abies heterophylla)

Close-up views of the dorsal needle surface (left) and waxy bloom on the ventral needle surface (right) of western hemlock.
Paul Slichter