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

Case’s project involves testing whether breeds of native Douglas fir and western hemlock from drier parts of the Pacific Northwest can be used to help Western Washington forests adapt to climate change.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2023

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

From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2023

Western red cedar and western hemlock are not drought-tolerant, Kohler said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Currently it is unknown if the pathogen is the direct cause of the symptoms found on mature western hemlock and Douglas fir trees.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2021

Next to the Douglas fir the western hemlock is the most abundant tree in the forests of Oregon and Washington.

From The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park by Allen, Grenville F.