Friday, November 20, 2015

Hemlock

Botanical name: Tsuga canadensis
Family: Pinadeae
Parts used: Wood

Economic Importance

1. It is used for building rafters, sheathings laths and other types of rough construction.

2. Hemlock wood is also used to prepare boxed and planks.

3. The wood is coarse grained but is very strong, tough, stiff and easily worked.

4. The bark of this timber tree is used as a tanning material.


5. This timber tree is the most important source of pulp world.

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