Larix laricina (Du Roi) K.Koch
Family: Pinaceae
larch, tamarack
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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium (UWSP)  
Etymology: Larix: ancient name
Plants: pointed-top perennial, 40'-80' tall, deciduous tree; stems bark flakes off in small scales
Leaves: 3/8-1" long needles in bunches
Fruits: 1/2"-13/16" cones
Habitat: wet; bogs
Conservation Status: Native
Most characteristic of bogs, muskegs, and conifer swamps where it almost always associates with black spruce.  Southern tamarack swamps are dominated by this species along with black ash, green ash, birch, red maple, and occasionally other hardwoods.  It is also found in marshes, poor fens, sedge meadows, along streams, in dune swales, and shrub carr.
The vivid yellow fall color of the deciduous needles brightens up otherwise drab bogs.  Tamarack is found throughout the state but is absent from most of the western portion of the Driftless Area except for some relic bogs (Hansen, 1933).
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