Tsuga sieboldii--MD. Brookside Gardens, Wheaton. 30 Jun 07. 009.jpg
Endemic to Japan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
United States, Maryland, Montgomery (Brookside Gardens)
Location Remarks
Wheaton Regional Park, 1800 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton, Maryland
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Tsuga
Specific Epithet
sieboldii
Authorship
Carrière
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 9.9
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.1
Global rank
#343 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 10 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →