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Hemlocks Tsuga

This hub compares 4 species records. Across all 5 records, it carries 37 evidence rows from 15 distinct cited sources. The species split is 2 keep-away and 2 awaiting directional evidence. 1 genus-rank record is shown separately; genus-rank claims do not override a species record, and species evidence does not become one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: hemlock Tsuga sp. Keep away Limited evidence 3 sources rate the genus as a whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never override a species record. ›

Keep away: 2 species

Awaiting evidence: 2 species

About hemlocks

Directory notes

Plant forms recorded in this group: tree. The records span published USDA zones 4–5. These are record-level fields, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

Where rated hemlocks grow

Tagged as growing in 33 states.

The answer for hemlocks is no. Here is what to plant instead.

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