Purdue Landscape Report: The hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) continues its eastward spread across the US.In 2022, seven new counties were added to the distribution map of this invasive insect.

For the beloved and devastated eastern hemlock, “we are trying to speed up that process,” he said. An earlier version of this story incorrectly credited a photo of the Traveler hybrid to Peggy ...

Its scientific name is "Tsuga canadensis."The eastern hemlock was named the state tree in 1931.These trees are slow-growing and long-lived, taking 250 to 300 years to reach maturity.

The Eastern hemlock has soft needles and an upright, open habit of growth with a conical shape. The trees grow very tall, 40-60 feet tall, but there are shorter cultivars.

Eastern hemlock grows from sea level to about 2,500 feet in elevation in the northeastern and northern portions of the range. The Images of Eastern Hemlock. Chhe/Wikimedia Commons.

The Greer Fire in Eastern Arizona has grown to 2,500 acres and is prompting evaucations for multiple communities, including Greer, Northwoods, and South Fork.

The Canadian or Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is, in my opinion, an under-utilized landscape tree. Perhaps they are spurned as too common, or rejected because they get too big.

A new hemlock hybrid named Traveler, 20 years in the making, has been developed by the Agricultural Research Service to address the devastating effects of a pest named the hemlock woolly adelgid.

The eastern hemlock tree is a foundational species native to East Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and New York, according to Adventure Scientists.

On June 22, 1931, the Pennsylvania General Assembly adopted the eastern hemlock as our state tree.The reasons cited in the resolution are:“Whereas, The hemlock ...

The woolly adelgid, an invasive pest that infests and eventually destroys hemlock trees, has made one incursion into Eastern Canada and biologists say it's likely to turn up again.

The eastern hemlock tree is a foundational species native to East Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and New York, according to Adventure Scientists.