Where did the Carolina Hemlock come from?
MacKay B and Trimbath RJ. 2022. Where did the Carolina Hemlock come from?. National Park Service
This paper discusses the origins of the rare Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana) in the Virginia Kendall area of Cuyahoga Valley National Park in northeast Ohio. Carolina hemlock is not native to Ohio; it is indigenous to a limited area in the southern Appalachians. The Cuyahoga Valley was heavily logged and farmed during the 1800’s, and large reforestation efforts in the 1930’s helped to transform the area (Virginia Kendall State Park at that time) to a recreation destination. Records from 1935 and 1936 are presented that document the park’s purchase of Carolina hemlock seedlings from a nursery that specialized in collecting and propagating trees from the southern Appalachians. The paper closes on a brief discussion on the future health of hemlock in the park, due to an invasive pest that has begun to infect hemlock in nearby counties.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- MacKay, Becky; Trimbath, Ryan
- Date of Issue
- 2022-09-22
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CUVA
- Keywords
- Carolina hemlock, Cuyahoga Valley, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Eastern hemlock, Elongate Hemlock Scale, Forest, hemlock, Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, reforestation, tree planting, Tsuga canadensis, Tsuga caroliniana, Virginia Kendall Park
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex