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Northern Japanese hemlock
T. diversifolia is an evergreen tree that attains heights of 25 m . The crown is narrow, dense and conical. Young shoots are short, palely pubescent and bright orange to red-brown in colour. The densely arranged needles are linear-oblong and 5 to 15 mm long and up to 2.4 mm wide. They are a dark green in colour, glossy and furrowed above with two chalk white stomatal bands below.Northern Japanese hemlock; KOME-TSUGA; KURO-TSUGA (Farjon 1990). Taxonomic notes Syn: Abies diversifolia Maxim.; Tsuga blaringhemii Flous (Farjon 1990). Description See (Farjon 1990). Range Japan: Honshu and Kyushu, at 700-2000 m (Farjon 1990). More