Larix laricina (Tamarack)

Growing in peaty soil over sand with Sphagnum moss.

comments (6)

Christine Young

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A quirky and very useful tree! Posted 5 years ago
1. Gary B
  
  Lion
  
  Quirky? How so? Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Quirky, in my opinion, because it is a conifer that loses its needles in winter and also makes decent firewood. Weird. It's clearly a rebel ;P. Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Gary B
      
      Lion
      
      Very hard wood, too. Posted 5 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Virtually rot-proof, or so I've heard. Posted 5 years ago
      2. Gary B
        
        Lion
        
        To some extent and certainly better than other conifers like spruce or balsam fir. We used it for fence posts but only in critical areas as it wasn't all that abundant here. Posted 5 years ago

The Tamarack

"Larix laricina", commonly known as the tamarack, is a species of larch native to Canada, from eastern Yukon and Inuvik, Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland, and also south into the upper northeastern United States from Minnesota to Cranesville Swamp, Maryland; there is also an isolated population in central Alaska.

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Similar species: Pinales

Species identified by Gary B