Common Names

Southern Japanese hemlock; Tsuga; Toga matsu (Farjon 1990).

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Abies tsuga Siebold et Zucc. 1842; Pinus tsuga (Sieb. et Zucc.) Antoine 1846; Tsuga tsuja (Sieb. et Zucc.) A. Murray bis 1862; Pinus sieboldii (Carr.) W.R. McNab 1876; Pinus araragi Siebold 1826, nom. nud.; Tsuga araragi (Siebold) Koehne 1893, nom. inval. (Farjon 1999).

Description

See Farjon (1990).

Range

Japan: S Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and Yakushima (Farjon 1990).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

I can find (Feb-1999) only two studies, both dealing with tree demography (Suzuki 1980, Suzuki and Susukida 1989).

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

Suzuki E. 1980. Regeneration of Tsuga sieboldii forest II. Two cases of regeneration occurred about 260 and 50 years ago. Japanese Journal of Ecology 30: 333-346 [in Japanese with English summary].

Suzuki E. and Susukida J. 1989. Age structure and regeneration process of temperate coniferous stands in the Segire River basin, Yakushima Island. Japanese Journal of Ecology 39: 45-51 [in Japanese with English summary].

See Also

Wilson, E.H. 1916. The conifers and taxads of Japan. Publ. Arnold Arbor. 8, Univ. Press, Cambridge, Mass.

Yamanaka, T. 1975. Ecology of Pseudotsuga japonica and other coniferous forests in eastern Shikoku. Mem. Nat. Sci. Mus. 8. Tokyo.