Sentence examples for mountain hemlock from inspiring English sources
By ∼11,200 cal yr BP, mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) began to spread across the island.
Recruitment was predominantly mountain hemlock and most were seedlings <1 m tall.
Lodgepole pine, mountain hemlock, Sierra juniper, and western white pine are among the trees of the subalpine forest.
Importantly, the rankings of tree species vulnerability were similar among studies, scenarios, and geographic areas and indicated highest vulnerability for Whitebark pine and Mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana).
In the alpine zones of the mountains, larch, mountain hemlock, and alpine firs occur in association, and mountain mahogany is found in the Blue Mountains.
They give way at high elevations to trees such as Pacific silver firs and mountain hemlocks.
We dropped into nearly waist-deep snow, whipping around old-growth mountain hemlocks tinseled with moss.
The lower elevations have dense forests of giant Douglas firs, western red cedars (giant arborvitae), and mountain hemlocks.
They often dominate boggier soils that others cannot endure; sometimes they are interspersed with a few mountain hemlocks and shore pine trees.
At the level of Yosemite Valley grow larger stands of conifers that include groves of big trees (the giant sequoias), notably at the Mariposa Grove in the southern part of the park; higher up, closer to the timberline, are mountain hemlocks and lodgepole pines; and still higher are rocky alpine areas that support only cold-tolerant species such as lichens.
