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Eastern hemlock  (Birmingham Botanical Gardens)

Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis):  Eastern hemlock casts some of the densest shade of any forest tree.  Because foliage holds much snow, snow depth under hemlock is much reduced.  Deer avoid floundering by yarding up in hemlock groves during heavy snows.
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