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Chk.k care tf-'ie umages �-4p YOU ider-itify an, Tamarack, <br />Strarght, upright trunk extenclihng to top of <br />tree", spreacfiinmg or ascenching branches' <br />height 4CYto 70',, cliana,eter. 14'' to 24". Large - <br />trees aire rare beca�.,se most cfld, spe-,dmens <br />w,p:i,e killed years ago Ibythae larch sawfly. <br />Ba,rk <br />Rough with O-fln, redchsh bi,own sca�es,. Twgs <br />are light b-Ovvn and, covered with FFILIrl-lerOUS <br />tiny spurs or sll-ijort biranches. <br />Leaf <br />Needlekke, flat, soft, siender, length about <br />I "; boi ine lln CIUStPl S cm spurlike branches <br />atld diSU-J)Llted sngy an wrminal sho+ ,')ts; <br />Pb r- 1 gh t g i- e e in in slang, t u ir n i n g chllll y e i tl uoi in <br />Septernber or Cktc)ber just before faHimg. <br />Ta ma r i c k ii s t h e o n iy c ca r-� i f e r in M i n n Ps cut a <br />that shr-cls aHl its leaves each fall. <br />Fruit (seed) <br />YOUng cones Irpid or greer-ilsh, 1'711,�tLlre cones <br />Bight brown; 3/4" lon&' inearly sphericaLl" open <br />m, the faP to i*leasp smaH whriged specls. <br />Cones often reniann, on trees severalyears. <br />Range <br />Frond rhefly in the soiirnps in fibs <br />cor-ifferous forest region, (of northern <br />Minnesota"" occasbna�Hy found liln chripr <br />Nac,alhi6es wheire It readies Ilalrger slzeP also <br />fOLMd SO.Lid-M-�1"Cl scattered, lin cold swamps <br />throughout the Ihardy OOd regkmias far <br />south as the Twin titles; shade intoleraint. <br />