Tsuga canadensis
Black Hemlock
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- weed
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Tsuga
Plantae | Tracheophyta | Pinopsida | Pinales | Pinaceae | Tsuga
External: GBIF #2687182
8 AI-consensus-verified claims across 2 interaction categories.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Tsuga canadensis.
herbivory 5 claims
- This entity is the object of herbivory by Fiorinia externa (Elongate Hemlock Scale) · effect: harmful
“needles to discolor and drop prematurely and branches to die”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 33 #6492864 - This entity is the object of herbivory by Nuculaspis tsugae · effect: harmful
“needles to discolor and drop prematurely and branches to die”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 33 #6492865 - This entity is the object of herbivory by Adelges tsugae (Hemlock Woolly Adelgid) · effect: harmful
“causes rapid desiccation and drop of needles, dieback of main limbs”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 33 #6492866 - This entity is the object of herbivory by Fiorinia externa (Elongate Hemlock Scale) · effect: harmful
“needles to discolor and drop prematurely and branches to die”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 33 #6492871 - This entity is the object of herbivory by Nuculaspis tsugae · effect: harmful
“needles to discolor and drop prematurely and branches to die”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 33 #6492872
pest pressure 3 claims
- This entity is the object of pest pressure by Fiorinia externa (Elongate Hemlock Scale) · effect: harmful
“trees have been killed within ten years”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 33 #6492289 - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Nuculaspis tsugae · effect: harmful
“scales feed on undersides of hemlock needles by sucking cell fluids”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 33 #6492290 - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Adelges tsugae (Hemlock Woolly Adelgid) · effect: harmful
“death of the tree, usually within four years”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 33 #6492291
Genus-level evidence
1 claim where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Tsuga sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Tsuga canadensis.
- herbivory · Choristoneura fumiferana → Tsuga spp. · effect: harmful
“also feed on larch, pine, hemlock, and white, red, and blue spruce”
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
facilitation 3
- GloBI interactsWith Tsuga canadensis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102477386
- GloBI interactsWith Tsuga canadensis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112616154
- GloBI interactsWith Tsuga canadensis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/294893
attractant 3
- GloBI interactsWith Tsuga canadensis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102477386
- GloBI interactsWith Tsuga canadensis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112616154
- GloBI interactsWith Tsuga canadensis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/294893