Northern Japanese Hemlock            tsoo-GA di-ver-si-FO-li-a

• Conifer, evergreen tree, to 80 ft (25 m), but often a shrub in cultivarion, narrow conical crown.  Young shoots are short, pubescent, yellow or red-brown.  Needles densely arranged, linear-oblong, 5-15 mm long, to 2.4 mm wide, dark green, glossy, and furrowed above, two chalk white stomatal bands below.  Cones are 2 cm long, ovate, and nearly sessile.
• Sun or shade.
• Hardy to USDA Zone (4) 5     Native to Japan.  Cultivated since 1861.
• diversifolia: diverse-leaved.