Pennsylvania State Tree

Hemlock Tsuga Canadensis Adopted: June 22, 1931

Pennsylvania State Tree
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Pennsylvania Law

The following information was excerpted from the The Pennsylvania Statutes, Title 71, Chapter 6, Section 1004.

Title 71 P.S. State Government
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§ 1004. State tree; hemlock

The hemlock tree (Tsuga Canadensis Linnaeus) be adopted as the State tree of Pennsylvania.

CREDIT(S)
1931, June 22, P.L. 661, § 1.

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

1990 Main Volume

Preamble:

This act contained the following preamble:

"Whereas, The hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis Linnaeus) is still today, as it was of old, the tree most typical of the forests of Pennsylvania; and

"Whereas, The hemlock yielded to our pioneers the wood from which they wrought their cabin homes; and

"Whereas, The hemlock gave its bark to found a mighty industry; and

"Whereas, The hemlock everywhere lends kindly shelter and sure haven to the wild things of forests; and

"Whereas, The lighted hemlock at Christmas time dazzles the bright eyes of the child with an unguessed hope, and bears to the aged, in its leaves of evergreen, a sign and symbol of faith in immortality."

71 P.S. & 1004, PA ST 71 P.S. & 1004

Sources...

Thomson Reuters: Westlaw The Pennsylvania Statutes, <http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=pac-1000> (Accessed December 14, 2010)
Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols: A Historical Guide Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 3 Sub edition, 2001.

Additional Information

Official state tree: Hemlock
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
Forestry Archive, Bugwood.org.

CalPhotos Photo Database: Photographs of Tsuga Canadensis from CalPhotos, a project of the Biodiversity Sciences Technology group (BSCIT), part of the Berkeley Natural History Museums at UC, Berkley.

Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière): Tree Identification Fact Sheet from the Virginia Tech.

Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière): Landowner Fact Sheet from the Virginia Tech.

Plant Profile for Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière (eastern hemlock): USDA, NRCS. 2004. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière (eastern hemlock): United States Department of Agriculture: Forest Service: Agriculture Handbook 654: Silvics of North America.

State Tree List: List of all of the state state trees.

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