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Tamarack (Larix lari <br /> Form <br /> tra,�ht, U righ� dr extending to top of <br /> r ; a- °- or ascending branches; <br /> 71 eight 40'to 70'0 d is meter 14" to 4". Large <br /> 1-r.ees are rare because most old specimens <br /> AIPL were ki I I e d yea rs age by t h e la rc 17 sawfly. <br /> i <br /> Bark <br /> m <br /> IN <br /> e Ugh with thin. redrh brownale .Twigs <br /> -LL .. ^ <br /> are light brown and severed with numerous <br /> i . L tiny spurs or short branches. <br /> 1 � t <br /> Leaf <br /> _a f eedlelike+ flat, soft, slender, length about <br /> f. <br /> -� i� borne in clusters an s rrrl i ke branches <br /> 4 . a il d distributed singly on terminal shoots, <br /> bright green i n sp ri ng, turn i rig dull yellow i n <br /> September or October j u st before falling, <br /> t Tamarack Tarnarack is the only conifer in M i-n nes to <br /> tl i at sheds all its leaves each fa 11. <br /> Fruit (seed, <br /> You rig co ryes red or green is h, matu re corpses <br /> light brown; /4 long, <br /> nearly spherical: open <br /> in the fall to release small winged seeds. <br /> Cones often remain on trees several years. <br /> Range <br /> Found chiefly in the swamps in the <br /> Click on the images h of j,')YOU identify an Tamarack. coniferous forest re g ion of northern <br /> i nnesotak; occasie rally fo and in d rier <br /> localities where it reaches larger size; .also <br /> found southward spattered in cold swamps <br /> throughout out the e hardwood region as far <br /> south as the Tw i r C hies; shade i rte l erant. <br /> 171 ' age <br />