Eastern Hemlock - Tsuga canadensis

This tree, and many like it, have had the outer bark pulled off by woodpeckers who are looking for the beetle larvae, probably hemlock borers (Buprestidae), that infest the tree. Borers can casuse eastern hemlocks to have reduced growth, foliar thinning, and yellowing.

Habitat: Mixed forest

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Whoa, I first thought this was the natural look of the tree. Posted 3 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Isn't it wild?! The reddish color is the inner bark. You can see some holes in it, which I'm assuming are either peck holes from the woodpeckers or else holes made by beetle larvae. So many trees looked like this, so I'm guessing there is a real beetle problem. Eastern hemlocks have it rough. Posted 3 years ago, modified 3 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    It looks like what they call in Africa a "white man tree" :) Posted 3 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      Hehe! Actually, I don't get it....because it's red? Or full of holes? Or has bugs? Posted 3 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Yes, red and peeled skin from the sun. Posted 3 years ago

The Eastern Hemlock

"Tsuga canadensis", also known as eastern hemlock or Canadian hemlock, and in the French-speaking regions of Canada as "Pruche du Canada", is a coniferous tree native to eastern North America. It is the state tree of Pennsylvania.

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Similar species: Pinales

Species identified by Christine Young