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The Western Hemlock... ... with some Autumn bracken fern. The photo shows the smaller needles (in comparison to Douglas Fir, Balsam Fir or Western White Pine) of this evergreen. The hemlock is usually the first evergreen to come back after a fire. Although valued for construction lumber it is not the best for burning in a stove... from experience... because of the lack of heat value. Canada,Fall,Geotagged,Tsuga heterophylla,Western hemlock Click/tap to enlarge

The Western Hemlock...

... with some Autumn bracken fern. The photo shows the smaller needles (in comparison to Douglas Fir, Balsam Fir or Western White Pine) of this evergreen. The hemlock is usually the first evergreen to come back after a fire. Although valued for construction lumber it is not the best for burning in a stove... from experience... because of the lack of heat value.

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The Western hemlock

''Tsuga heterophylla'', the western hemlock, is a species of hemlock native to the west coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and its southeastern limit in northern Sonoma County, California.

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Similar species: Pinales
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Uploaded Dec 8, 2019. Captured Dec 7, 2019 13:27 in 389 Whaletown Rd, Whaletown, BC V0P 1Z0, Canada.
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  • E-M5MarkII
  • f/5.6
  • 1/50s
  • ISO1250
  • 23mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.