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 A small, slender tree which rarely grows more than 15 metres tall. It has delicate,
deciduous foliage.
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Leaves
Needles are three-sided and blue-green, turning bright yellow in autumn.
They grow in clusters of 15 to 25 on short woody projections which remain on the twig
after the needles fall.Cones
The small, round seed cones are red at flowering and turn brown with age.
Pollen cones are yellow. |
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Bark
Red-brown, thin, and scaly.Where
to find tamarack
It is a northern species which grows mainly east of the Rockies and in a
few isolated groups of trees in the Nechako Valley |
Habitat
Tamarack is usually found with black spruce on poorly drained soils - bogs
and swamps - and on cool, moist, north-facing slopes.Uses
Some native groups chewed tamarack resin to relieve indigestion.
In the days of wooden sailing ships, tamarack roots were used to join the ribs to the
deck timbers. |
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| Tamarack produces a heavy, durable wood used mainly for pulp
but also for posts, poles, and fuel. |
Notes
Laricina is Latin for larch-like. Tamarack comes from an Algonquin
word, akemantak, meaning "wood used for snowshoes." |
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