COMMON NAME(S): Eastern Hemlock 

LEAF: Needles 5/16” – 9/16” long, whitened beneath, attached to the twigs by slender stalks. 

BARK: Cinnamon red to dark purplish brown; scaly or shaggy, with deep, rough vertical fissures . 

FLOWER: Cones (strobiles) are small and pendulous, with winged scales. 

GROWTH: Height of 65’ – 115’. Trunk usually branched down to the base. Diameter to 6’.  Top more rounded than spruces or firs. 

DISTRIBUTION: n. New England and e. Canada 

LOCATION: South Park, Quincy, IL