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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 ...
Small larch poles are widely used for rustic fencing. [17] 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 ...
Larch forest in the North Cascades Range map of Larix laricina. Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch – Tamarack or American larch. Parts of Alaska and throughout Canada and the northern United States from the eastern Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic shore. Larix lyallii Parl. – Subalpine larch. Mountains of northwest United States and southwest ...
Dahurian larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix griffithii: Sikkim larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix kaempferi: Japanese larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix laricina: tamarack; eastern larch Pinaceae (pine family) 71 Larix lyallii: alpine larch Pinaceae (pine family) 72 Larix mastersiana: masters larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix occidentalis ...
Comment - "Referring to it as Tamarack Larch ... (etc)" - not so, as 'tamarack' does not mean the same as 'larch'. The converse is more relevant; in the Tilia platyphyllos instance, it would be like calling it a "Broad-leaved", instead of "Broad-leaved Lime": without the generic qualifier, 'tamarack' alone does not indicate what it is.
Larix lyallii, the subalpine larch, or simply alpine larch, is a deciduous, coniferous tree native to northwestern North America. It lives at high altitudes, from 1,500 to 2,900 meters (4,900 to 9,500 ft), [3] in the Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, and Alberta. There is a disjunct population in the Cascade Range of Washington.
They are evergreen or deciduous shrubs or trees growing to 1–18 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 –59 ft) in height and forming dense thickets. The largest, Tamarix aphylla, is an evergreen tree that can grow to 18 m (59 ft) tall.
Coleophora laricella, the western larch case-bearer, is a moth belonging to the family of case-bearing moths Coleophoridae. It is native to Central and Northern Europe, with its original food source being the European larch or Larix decidua .