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Tsuga dumosa
Also called Yunnan Hemlock
Tsuga dumosa, commonly called the Himalayan hemlock or in Chinese, Yunnan tieshan (simplified Chinese: 云南铁杉; traditional Chinese: 雲南鐵杉; pinyin: Yúnnán tiěshān), is a species of conifer in the pine family, Pinaceae, native to the eastern Himalayas. It occurs in parts of Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Vietnam and Tibet. Within its native range the tree is used for construction as well as for furniture. In Europe and North America, it is occasionally encountered as an ornamental species and was first brought to the United Kingdom in 1838.
Tsuga dumosa is generally associated with the Himalayas. In India, it occurs from Uttarakhand in the west and Arunachal Pradesh in the east. It is evident in the Himalayan region of Nepal. The range continues southeast to northern Myanmar and Vietnam, and northeast to southeastern Tibet, northwestern Yunnan and southwestern Sichuan. In Vietnam it is only found at altitudes above 1,500 m (5,000 feet) on Hoang Lien Son Mountain. In that country it is usually mixed with Rhododendron spp. and Abies pindrow, though it can sometimes form a pure stand. It is adapted to areas with a cold climate and high rainfall and high humidity.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tsuga dumosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
