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Pinaceae

Tsuga

Tsuga mertensiana

Tsuga mertensiana subsp. mertensiana

This subspecies is accepted

The native range of this subspecies is Alaska to N. California. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

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Native to:

Alaska, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington

Introduced into:

Norway, Sweden

Heterotypic Synonyms

Abies hanburyana A.Murray bis in Garden (London, 1871-1927) 6: 272 (1874), nom. illeg. superfl.
Abies pattoniana J.Jeffrey ex Balf. in A.Murray, Bot. Exped. Oregon 8: 1 (1853)
Abies pattonii J.Jeffrey ex Gordon in Pinetum, Suppl.: 6 (1862), orth. var.
Abies taxifolia J.Jeffrey ex Gordon & Glend. in Pinetum: 18 (1858), not validly publ.
Abies williamsonii Newb. in Pacif. Railr. Rep. 6(3, 2): 53 (1858)
Hesperopeuce pattoniana (J.Jeffrey ex Balf.) Lemmon in Rep. (Annual) Calif. State Board Forest. 3: 100 (1890)
Picea californica Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 261 (1855)
Pinus pattoniana (J.Jeffrey ex Balf.) Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 429 (1868)
Pinus pattonii A.Murray bis in Phytologist 4: 1140 (1853)
Tsuga mertensiana glauca L.H.Bailey in Cult. Conif.: 127 (1933)
Tsuga mertensiana f. macrophylla Beissn. in Handb. Nadelholzk.: 404 (1891)
Tsuga pattoniana (J.Jeffrey ex Balf.) Engelm. in Gard. Chron., n.s., 12: 756 (1879)
Tsuga pattoniana var. typica A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 2: 231 (1907), not validly publ.
Tsuga pattonii Coville in Mazama 1: 179 (1897), orth. var.
Tsuga williamsonii (Newb.) de Vos in Bered. Woordenb.: 181 (1867)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Pinidae
Order
Pinales

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Family
Pinaceae

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Genus
Tsuga

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Species
Tsuga mertensiana
Subspecies
Tsuga mertensiana subsp. mertensiana

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 2: 533-1111. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2000). Flora Nordica 1: 1-344. The Bergius Foundaton.
USDA, NRCS (2005- continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Data Portal Taxon

Kew Data Portal Occurrences

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Kew's Living Collection Database
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0