western hemlock

American  

noun

1. a tall, narrow hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, of western North America: the state tree of Washington.

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western hemlock British  

noun

1. a North American coniferous evergreen tree, Tsuga heterophylla, having hanging branches and oblong cones: family Pinaceae

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Example Sentences

While the pest prefers leafy hardwoods, like oaks, Salp said she’s seen them feed on conifers — the category that includes iconic Northwest species like the Douglas fir and western hemlock.

From Seattle Times

The remainder were sugar pine, noble fir, red fir, incense cedar, western red cedar, mountain hemlock and western hemlock.

From Science Daily

The PropagationNation website also recommends planting redwoods in areas where native western red cedar, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and big leaf maple already grow.

From Seattle Times

Douglas fir, western hemlock and western red cedar saw the worst of it.

From Seattle Times

An exhibit takes visitors through the mixed forests encountered on the peaks’ western and eastern sides, ranging from western hemlock to subalpine and back down to lodgepole pine.

From Seattle Times