Hemlock - American hemlock

Japanese: アメリカツガ - あめりかつが
Hemlock - American hemlock

...It is distributed from Mt. Iwaki in Aomori Prefecture to the Shikoku Sekiryo Mountain Range and also on Mt. Sobo on the border between Oita and Kumamoto Prefectures, but does not grow in northern Kinki or Chugoku. The genus Tsuga grows in East Asia and North America with 10 species, but the American Tsuga (T. heterophylla Sarg.) on the west coast of North America is a giant tree that can grow up to 70m tall, and is imported in large quantities to Japan under the name of Western Tsuga (American Tsuga) as building material. [Toshio Hamatani]...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "hemlock" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…青森県岩木山から四国脊梁(せきりよう)山脈までと大分・熊本県境の祖母山にも分布するが,近畿北部と中国地方には産しない。ツガ属は東アジアと北アメリカに10種を産するが,北アメリカ西岸のアメリカツガT.heterophylla Sarg.は高さ70mにもなる巨木で,日本にもベイツガ(米栂)の名で建築材として大量に輸入される。【浜谷 稔夫】。…

※「アメリカツガ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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