Tsuga chinensis var. robusta, first described in 1975 by W. C. Cheng & L. K. Fu in W. C. Cheng et al. is known as Š¤§æžœé“æ‰ (da guo tie shan) in the Chinese language. It is probably the most universally recognized of the myriad varieties of this species.
T. c. var. robusta differs from the typical variety in the following ways:
