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WOOD AND FOREST. 



Habitat. 



Hemlock. 

 Tsuga canadensis (Linnaeus) Carriere. 



Tsuga, the Japanese name latinized; canadensis named for Canada. 



Habitat: ( See map) ; 

 best in North Carolina 

 and Tennessee. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree : Height, G0'-70', 

 sometimes 100'; diameter, 

 2'-3' ; branches, persist- 

 ent, making trunk not 

 very clean ; bark, red-gray, 

 narrow, rounded ridges, 

 deepl}' and irregularly 

 fissured ; leaves, sjiirally 

 arrangeil, but appear two- 

 rauked ; cones, ■''-4" l'^i"'g> 

 graceful. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color, reddish lu'own, sap- 

 wood just distinguishable; 

 non-]iorous ; rings, rather 

 broad, conspicuous; grain, 

 crooked ; rays, numerous, 

 thin ; nim-resinous. 



Physical Qualities : 



Weight, light (53d in 

 Leaf. iliis list) ; 26 lbs. per cu. 



