Wildlife

Western hemlock

Tsuga heterophylla
Habitat
Fort Clatsop
Conservation
Secure

One of five new tree species Lewis detailed at Fort Clatsop. Some botanists placed it with the eastern hemlock til 1898.

Journal References

1 journal entry mentions Western hemlock

May 21 1806
Lewis: May 21, 1806
...ct these roots themselves but there are several speceis of hemlock which are so much like the cows that it is difficult to discriminate them from the cows and we ar...

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