| Scientific Name: | Larix laricina |
| Common Name: | tamarack, eastern larch, American larch |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - northern |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Forestry, Native planting, Screening, Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Bog, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Fascicles, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Pink, Red, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Needles in tufts of 10-20, linear 1-2.5cm long x 0.5-0.8mm wide x 0.3-0.5mm thick; seed cones 1-2cm long × 0.5-1cm wide, usually on curved stalks 2-5mm long x 2-2.5mm wide or sometimes sessile on long shoots; scales 10-30, margins entire, bracts mucronate or tipped by awn to 1mm, hidden by mature scales, dark red to violet before maturing yellow-brown; seeds 2-3mm long, wings 4-6mm long, seedlings with 4-6 cotyledons; deciduous, 2.5cm needles in bunches of 10-20. Winter ID: crown narrow, branches sparse, horizontal or slightly ascending; twigs orange-brown, glabrous; buds dark red, subtended by ring of hair-like bracts, glabrous. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Larix_laricina.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |