Definition of Tsuga mertensiana

1. Noun. Large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock.

Exact synonyms: Black Hemlock, Mountain Hemlock
Generic synonyms: Hemlock, Hemlock Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tsuga Mertensiana

Tsinandali
Tsingtao
Tskhinval
Tskhinvali
Tsonga
Tsongdu
Tsopk
Tsou
Tsouic
Tsu
Tsu T'ina
Tsuga
Tsuga canadensis
Tsuga caroliniana
Tsuga heterophylla
Tsuga mertensiana (current term)
Tsukuyomi
Tsung Dao Lee
Tsushima
Tsuu T'ina
Tsuut'ina
Tswana
Tts.
Ttujur
Tuamotu Archipelago
Tuapse
Tuareg
Tuaregs
Tuatha De
Tuatha De Danann

Literary usage of Tsuga mertensiana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alaska by Edward Henry Harriman, Clinton Hart Merriam (1901)
"This is the same species (Tsuga mertensiana Sarg.) which grows on the High Sierra of California near the timber line. COLUMBIA GLACIER, PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND ..."

2. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"A number of collections of dwarf mistletoe on Tsuga mertensiana from the east side of the Cascade Figure 16.104 -Distribution of Arceuthobium ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1896)
"Thus an abundance of starch was found in the bark of Tsuga Canadensis, but no starch was observable in Tsuga mertensiana, although there was a similar ..."

4. Bulletin of the University of Montana by University of Montana (Missoula, Mont.) (1903)
"Blankenship in his additions to the Montana flora quotes Tsuga mertensiana records from various Government reports as occurring on the high mountains. ..."

5. Transactions of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society by Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society (1906)
"One acre of larch and Tsuga mertensiana equally mixed. ... One acre of pure Tsuga Mertensiana. This plot is not very thriving; there are many deaths and ..."

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