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Key to Conifers
Tsuga - Hemlock
Trees; needle leaves flat, with a distinctly narrowed
base (petiole), bearing two white stripes (stomatal bands) on
the lower surface); seed cones pendulous, ovoid to ellipsoid,
and small, about 2 cm long (in T. canadensis).
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Tsuga canadensis - Canada Hemlock - nearly mature
seed cone
(photographed at Whitin Memorial Park, Whitinsville,
Massachusetts)