The tree forms a broad, pyramidal head. The tree occurs along streams and cool slopes in eastern Ohio, along the lake in Lorain County, and southward to Adams County along the Ohio River. It is also found growing native in Green and Auglaize counties. In the Hocking Hills area, the hemlocks reach the zenith of grandeur and beauty. Although the needles are spirally arranged, they appear to be two-ranked on the stem.
Needles normally fall during the third year.
May. Fruit is a small cone less than an inch long with only a few scales. The cone scales are broadly ovate and are as wide as they are long. The seed is small and winged, maturing in the fall and dropping during the winter. The hemlocks' horizontal or ascending branches and drooping twigs form a pyramidal crown. This makes it one of our most handsome and desirable evergreen trees for shade and ornament in Ohio.