hemlock tree

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hemlock tree - an evergreen tree

hemlock

genus Tsuga, Tsuga - hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce

hemlock - soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock

Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, spruce pine, Tsuga canadensis - common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood

Carolina hemlock, Tsuga caroliniana - medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales

black hemlock, mountain hemlock, Tsuga mertensiana - large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock

Pacific hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, west coast hemlock, western hemlock - tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree

conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

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Deep in the forest of Sudden Valley, strapped to the top of a rotten hemlock tree, hundreds of feet above the ground, Dominic Yoxtheimer yanks the start cord of small chainsaw attached to his waist.

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At the first sight of Choco lying lifeless under the hemlock tree, emotions were overwhelming.

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To commemorate the Renwick's reopening, Grade selected a hemlock tree in the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle that is approximately 150 years old--the same age as this building.

Wonder

The hemlock woolly adelgid is a poppyseed-sized invasive insect that hitched a ride from southern Japan - probably on an ornamental hemlock tree - and landed in Richmond, Va., in 1951.

A tiny fly could help save Eastern hemlock forests

A hemlock tree in the front of her yard is one favorite, and she also likes wrestling with a blue cylinder-shaped buoy filled with sand, MacCorkle said.

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In winter the hemlock tree, with its wide spreading, drooping branches, weighted with snow that settles easily on the flat, horizontally aligned needles, provides shelter from both wind and falling snow.

Demise of the hemlock

I sat back against the rough bark of the hemlock tree and closed my eyes, listening to the wind in the trees and the birds singing.

A memorable milestone: a chilly wind foretells a heartwarming story of a young man's first bow buck

Western hemlock tree DBH varied between 6.3 and 11.2 inches with an average DBH of 8.3 inches.

Physical and mechanical properties of young-growth Douglas-fir and western hemlock from western Washington

The imperial couple planted a memorial Canadian hemlock tree in the garden at the official residence.

LEAD: Emperor deplores past hardships in Japan-Canada ties

Suddenly, a vivid red bird sailed to the ground from a nearby hemlock tree. Aha!

Wings for Trudy

This lower number for the latter was a result of either no adelgid infestation found on trees at 28 m east and west of the release tree within the five sites or no eastern hemlock tree was present in the area.

Invasion of the hemlock woolly adelgid on eastern hemlock in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

It was slow and tedious work sorting out the tracks, and when I slipped past the big old hemlock tree, it took me a second to realize that the prints I was following had made a hard turn to the left.