One of Kentucky’s eight native conifers, the Eastern Hemlock grows in moist, cool slopes, ranging from the northeast U.S. through the southern Appalachians.

The Eastern Hemlock is a slow-growing and long-lived tree, and can live 800 years or more.

This tree is susceptible to hemlock wooly adelgid, an invasive aphid-like insect originating from East Asia.

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