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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 ...
Japanese larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix laricina: tamarack; eastern larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix lyallii: alpine larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix mastersiana: masters larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix occidentalis: western larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix potaninii: Chinese larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix sibirica: Siberian larch
The hybrid Dunkeld larch is widely grown as a timber crop in Northern Europe, valued for its fast growth and disease resistance. Larch on oak was the traditional construction method for Scottish fishing boats in the 19th century. [citation needed] Larch has also been used in herbal medicine; see Bach flower remedies and Arabinogalactan for details.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN 0395467292. {}: |edition= has extra text lists Tamarack or American Larch as common names of L. laricina. The Illustrated Book of Trees: A Visual Guide to More Than 250 Species (Paperback) by Eric A. Bourdo, Salamander Books (July 19, 1999), ISBN 1840650834 lists Tamarack or American Larch also. My 1947 edition ...
A list of tree species, grouped generally by biogeographic realm and specifically by bioregions, and shade tolerance. Shade-tolerant species are species that are able to thrive in the shade, and in the presence of natural competition by other plants.
Larix sibirica, the Siberian larch or Russian larch, is a frost-hardy tree native to western Russia, from close to the Finnish border east to the Yenisei valley in central Siberia, where it hybridises with the Dahurian larch L. gmelinii of eastern Siberia; the hybrid is known as Larix × czekanowskii.
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 ...
The Tannersville Cranberry Bog or Cranberry Swamp is a sphagnum bog on the Cranberry Creek in Tannersville, Pennsylvania.It is the southernmost boreal bog east of the Mississippi River, containing many black spruce and tamarack trees at the southern limit of their ranges.