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The two horticulture enthusiasts also expressed concern over the resilience of the region’s western hemlocks and pine trees and the timing between when plants flower and when there are pollinators around.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023

For comparison, the researchers also monitored a control group which consisted of hemlocks that didn't have canopy gaps created around them.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

The family has no yard—the hemlocks grow right to the door.

From Scientific American • Jun. 10, 2022

In the air again, somewhere around here, high over the cedars and the firs and the hemlocks that cover the Cascade Mountains, he strapped on two of the parachutes, and he jumped out.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 1996

A hot sun now filters down through the lacy needles of the hemlocks in my grove.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George