Tsuga canadensis with wooly adelgid--MA. Arnold Arb. 30 Jun 03. 161.jpg
Native to Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin; introduced into Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Poland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County (Jamaica Plain)
42.307464, -71.120796
Location Remarks
125 Arbor Way, Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Connecticut (Dr. Nickou's private garden)
Location Remarks
Branford
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Connecticut, Berkshire County (Ashley Falls)
42.058056, -73.339167
Location Remarks
Near Ashley Falls, Bartholomew's Cobble, south of Sheffield off Highway 7A.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Pennsylvania (Longwood Gardens)
Location Remarks
1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square , PA 19348. (See website for detailed directions)
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Tsuga
Specific Epithet
canadensis
Authorship
(L.) Carrière
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 13.9
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.7
Global rank
#241 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 14 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →