Details for: NA 87654, Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg., NA 87654


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.
Top Name:
NA 87654
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
10 May 2024
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.
Top Name:
NA 87654
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
10 May 2024
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 87654
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Bonsai. Age and earliest training date unknown. Style: informal upright. Height at receipt: 59 inches (measured from surface roots to top of tree). Grown in a 29" x 17" x 3" container created by Nick Lenz (and signed with his usual NL). Comments from the donors: "Acquired directly from Nick Lenz in 2006. See attached photos of tree on Nicks benches during a beautiful misty morning in April 2006. Base plantings (Kusianum Azalea – small white flowers). Original river rocks to be included. The Pictures from Nick’s benches are from 2004/2005/2006. I purchased and took the tree home in spring 2006. I haven’t been able to get any stories out of the old timers – David Crust, Candy Shirey, John Atlyn – about it. It was just “there”. Nick said at one point – “it was in the old lady’s garden and I pestered her until she let me take it” – but who that old lady is we will never know. His wife? His mother-in-law? (she was one of the first female elected officials at the state level in the 20’s I think – last name of Stone.) It was last repotted 3 years ago. Soilless mix, finer than most of my other large trees to help retain moisture."
Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.
Genus:
Tsuga
Family:
Pinaceae
Nomen number:

40705
Place of publication:

Silva 12:73. 1899
Verified:
05/15/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Abies heterophylla Raf.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Abies albertiana A. Murray bis
Tsuga jeffreyi (A. Henry) A. Henry

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishPacific hemlock  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englishwestern hemlock  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishwestern hemlock-spruce  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Frenchpruche de l'ouest  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Italiantsuga eterofilla  2International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Swedishjättehemlock  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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