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  Hair-like stem holding needle to twig,      
  needles about 1/2-inch long, two white lines  
  on underside of needle.     Eastern Hemlock   

          or

  No hair-like stem.    wpeF.jpg (1022 bytes)

         

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with flat needles,
each individually attached to the twig.

Click on the "key" icon wpeF.jpg (1022 bytes) next to the description that best fits your sample. 
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This site created and maintained by Bill Cook, MSU Extension Forester for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.   Editing and modification is ongoing.  Submit suggestions, questions, and corrections to cookwi@msu.edu or call 906-786-1575. 

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