Tsuga Canadian - North American plant that beautifies the whole world

Slender North American beauty tsuga canada belongs to the family of pine trees and is an evergreen coniferous tree. Its homeland and the main distribution area are the eastern regions of North America and Asia. As an ornamental plant, tsuga is grown all over the world. The tree is very hardy, able to withstand considerable frost. Rusty prefers to Slightly acidic soils. Has a conical crown and reaches 30 meters of height. It grows very slowly, for a long time, while it lives up to a thousand years, reaching its maximum productivity by 200-300 years.

A bit of history

The name of the tree did not form immediately. The first name tsuga received from Karl Linnaeus in 1763 - Pinus canadensis. The fact is that although it belongs to the family of pines, it is very similar to fir. And for a long time botanists could not determine to which family it really belongs. Later they noticed that the plant is a transitional link between these families. As a result, the Japanese name was chosen, as several species of this tree grow in Japan. The first who used the modern name of the Canadian ancestors was the scientist Eli-Abel Carrier in 1855.

Appearance

Due to the wide conical crown of thin weeping branches, the tree has an elegant appearance. A high, even trunk is almost two-thirds its length devoid of branches. In an adult tree, the diameter of the trunk can reach 120 centimeters, to the top it gradually narrows. The young bark has a reddish or dark brown color, with age it darkens and a grayish shade is added. In old trees the scales of the cortex gradually flake. The crust itself becomes coarse, with deep furrows and in thickness can be up to 2 centimeters. Needles are shallow, flattened, dark green from above and lighter from below. Cones cannabis canada is small and beautifully dangling.

In the service of man

In North America, the tree has found a very wide application. Used in large volumes in the wood industry of Canada and the United States, many pulp and paper enterprises of these countries use its wood as raw material for the production of paper and paperboard. Tsuga Canadian is also used in medicine and cosmetics. The board of this tree is covered with saunas, and from the bark, tannin, used in the leather industry as a tannin, is extracted and natural dyes for the subsequent dyeing of the skin.

Canadian Nana

This slow growing shrub in landscape design in Europe has been used since the XIX century. At a height of about 1 meter, its crown grows to 2 meters in diameter. It grows slowly, the annual increase is only 4 centimeters. It feels good both in the sun and in the shade, it successfully tolerates frosts. Used in ground lawns, heath gardens and on rocky areas of park areas.

Spruce Serbian

This is one of the fastest growing species of spruce. Narrow crown and bent up openwork branches give the tree a nice look, which strengthens the two-color needles. Beautiful bluish-green decoration is complemented by elegant purple-brown cones. It looks good both alone and in combination with other decorative fir trees.