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Pruche du Canada
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Pruche du Canada

Tsuga canadensis
Un grand conifère persistant et gracieux des forêts fraîches et humides de l'est de l'Amérique du Nord, atteignant de 40 à 70 pieds avec une cime dense de forme pyramidale à conique et des branches arquées et plumeuses qui balaient presque le sol. De courtes aiguilles plates, vert foncé, portant deux bandes blanches au revers garnissent les rameaux grêles, et de petits cônes pendants s'accrochent à l'extrémité des branches. C'est le plus tolérant à l'ombre des conifères de l'est et il fait un sujet élégant ou un grand écran là où les sols restent constamment frais et humides. HONNÊTETÉ : dans une grande partie de son aire orientale, il subit une attaque grave et souvent mortelle du puceron lanigère de la pruche (Adelges tsugae) ; ne le plantez pas comme arbre de structure à long terme sans vous engager à le surveiller et à le traiter.
Review: Source-backed
Climate fit: narrow (38/100)
Structure
Focal point
Light
Part shade
Water
Consistent moisture
Mature size
480-840" tall · 330" apart
Hardy in zones
3a-7b
brutally cold to cold winters
Native in Illinois
No

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Elle est cultivée comme sujet ornemental, écran et haie, et a été historiquement appréciée pour son bois et son écorce riche en tanins ; ce n'est pas une plante comestible.

Cold hardiness

Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.

Heat tolerance

Future
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Pruche du Canada (Tsuga canadensis). Retrieved 2026, June 13, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/tsuga-canadensis
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NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
University extension service
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