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Larix laricina, commonly known as the tamarack, [3] hackmatack, [3] eastern larch, [3] black larch, [3] red larch, [3] or American larch, [3] 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, West Virginia; there is also an isolated ...
The tamaraw's scientific name was updated into its present form, Bubalus mindorensis (sometimes referred to as Bubalus (Bubalus) mindorensis). [11] The name tamaraw has other variants, such as tamarau, tamarou, and tamarao. The term tamaraw may have come from tamadaw, which is a probable alternative name for the banteng (Bos javanicus). [12]
Tamarix aphylla (Athel tree), a large evergreen tree, does not sexually reproduce in the local climate and is not considered a seriously invasive species. [10] The Athel tree is commonly used for windbreaks on the edge of agricultural fields and as a shade tree in the deserts of the Southwestern United States.
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The wood is highly prized as firewood in the Pacific Northwest where it is often called "tamarack," although it is a different species than the tamarack larch. The wood burns with a sweet fragrance and a distinctive popping noise. [18] Western larch is used for the production of Venice turpentine. [19]
Larch tree crowns are sparse, with the major branches horizontal; the second and third order branchlets are also ± horizontal in some species (e.g. L. gmelinii, L. kaempferi), or characteristically pendulous in some other species (e.g. L. decidua, L. griffithii).
Armiger: Occidental Mindoro: Adopted: March 21, 1994: Crest: A tamaraw head: Shield: Per fess, the upper half two mountains proper at the bottom rice field vert, the lower half per pale, the dexter lower half azuere with three bar counter-engrailed argent and tuna embowed proper, the sinister lower half three chevron inverted vert a tree proper and plate on torteau on the chevron nearest to ...
Tree: Tamarack larch Larix laricina: Tamarack larch: September 9, 1999 [1] Replaced the jack pine as territorial tree in 1999. Fish: Arctic grayling Thymallus arcticus: Arctic grayling: September 9, 1999 [1] Found in various habitats in the Northwest Territories. Mineral: Gold: Gold nugget: May 1981 [1]