Canadian pine tree (Tsuga canadensis)
Appearance: An evergreen coniferous tree with a very irregular crown, quite wide, with dense branches. It reaches a height of approx 30 meters. The apical shoots are not clearly developed, and the tops of the top and side shoots are hanging down. The lower branches can be very thick, which makes an impression, as if there were many trunks.
The bark is initially brown and orange, getting darker with age, at the end, separated by a network of flat furrows or slats, Light brown shoot with thick reddish hair,
Studs flattened, tapering towards the top, spread out to the sides, w 2-3 rows on each side. The middle row pins are often twisted and turned upside down with white longitudinal stripes. Rounded single studs at the front, initially bright green, later a bit darker, Matt, about the length 8-18 mm, always slightly narrowed towards the top.
Conical-oval female cones, with a length of up to 15 mm, dark brown in the ripening season, with scales with slightly thickened edges. Occurrence: The Canadian Choir was originally only found in the eastern part of North America, from Canada to Alabama, In Europe, it is rarely grown in forests, while quite common in parks or gardens. Flowering period: April to May. Related species:
Variegated pine tree (Tsuga heterophylla) differs from the previous species by its slender, columnar habit and a height of over 50 meters. The bark is initially smooth and dark gray, later cracked into fluff. Light brown shoot. lighter underneath, longitudinally grooved and goose-hairy. Pins split on two sides, on each side in two rows overlapping each other, in the top – do 7 mm in length, in the lower one – do 18 mm, and of equal width approx 2 mm (heterophylla = variegated, feature that gives the name). The pins are even (unlike Tsuga canadensis), bright green or dark green and slightly shiny, with two longitudinal white stripes on the underside. Female cones extremely small, composed of few scales, about 2,5 cm in length. Originally, it was found only in the western part of North America, from Alaska to California, and to this day it forms great clusters in mountain forests with specimens reaching 70 m in height. Often planted in gardens and parks, and because of the rapid pace of growth, also cultivated in forests. Wood is used as a building material and as a raw material in the paper industry. Less often, than both previous species, you can find a South Japanese Christmas tree in gardens or parks (Tsuga sieboidii). They are characteristic of her: very light yellowish shoot and irregular double-row arrangement, very short and pinched pins, The height comes to 12 meters. Usually trees have many trunks from the very beginning. they are highly branched up to the outer zone of the crown. Just like the American species. the cones are very small (about 2 cm in length), with indistinctly pointed scales, dark brown, dangling,