hemlock forest
Toxic evergreen woodland
A hemlock forest is woodland dominated by hemlock trees—large evergreen conifers with short, flat needles and small cones.
These forests create dense, shaded environments with cool, moist understories.
In eastern North America, hemlock forests often grow along streams and ravines: The trail wound through old-growth hemlock forest.
The trees can live for centuries, creating distinctive ecosystems.
- carbon sinkCO2 storage reservoir
- tree ringsAnnual wood layers
- Pacific NorthwestCoastal American region, northward
- loggingRecording system events
- Appalachian MountainsEastern North American range
Great Lakes region · fungal networks · Japan · lichens · acid rain · China · microclimates · mosses · conifers · temperate rainforests · old growth · ferns · bark beetles · canopy trees · Korea · Rocky Mountains · protected areas · habitat fragmentation
hemlock forestdeciduous forest
Trees losing leaves annually
hardwood forest · oak forest · maple forest · broadleaf forest · deciduous woodland
hemlock, forest, hemlocks, forests, forested, foresting, forestry, forester, foresters