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Tsuga mertensiana
- Habitat
Mt Baker Wildernesss, Northern Washington.
Mt Shuksan of North Cascades National Park can be seen in the distance on the right.
Mountain Hemlock is the dominant tree in this area at timberline. In the drier areas to the East, Abies lasiocarpa becomes dominant at timberline.
Washington
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Tsuga mertensiana
- Habitat
Crater Lake, Southern Cascade Mts.
Oregon
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Tsuga mertensiana
- Habitat
Mt. Baker Wilderness, Northern Washington, near the Canadian Border..
Washington
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Tsuga mertensiana
- Top of tree
Mt. Baker Wildernesss.
Washington
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Tsuga mertensiana
- Cones
Having been used to seeing Tsuga mertensiana grandicona in California, the cones of Tsuga mertensiana in the Northern Cascades looked very strange, being only about half the size of the cones of grandicona.
Washington
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Tsuga mertensiana
- Trees
Crater Lake.
Oregon
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Tsuga mertensiana
- Trees
Growing near timberline in the Chugach Mountains, near Anchorage.
Alaska
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