Tamarack or eastern larch (Larix laricina; Mélèze laricin) is coniferous native, deciduous tree whose range spans from Canadian coast to coast and can be found in every province/territory, as well as ...

The tamarack, or eastern larch, is a deciduous evergreen tree that sheds its needles in the fall, only to regrow them the following spring, forming a whorl at the end of the twig, which makes ...

In the early fall Mother Nature sets up her easel. With broad, wide strokes her brushes color the maple, birch and cherry trees in the forest, mixing them together so perfectly. When the sun shines on ...

As November comes to a close, we find ourselves just three weeks away from the official arrival of winter. Many of us have seen our first snowflakes already, and last week, we had a wintry mix that ...

The season of dazzling hillsides ablaze with vivid, colorful, autumnal foliage is all but over. There may be three more weeks before the winter solstice, but already most of our trees are showing ...

Tamarack is a tree with a number of aliases – hackmatack, Eastern larch, or if you’re from northern Maine and feeling contrary, juniper. Whatever you call it, this scraggly tree, easy to overlook for ...

Eastern larch beetles, tiny burrowing bugs native to Minnesota, are exploding in number across the state's northern forest and have killed or damaged about a third of the state's tamarack trees — one ...

One thinks of conifers and immediately envisions evergreen. Conifers are cone-bearing trees that frequently do keep their leaves year round. Common examples are pines, firs, spruce, and cedars.

Hickories, common in southern Michigan, can feature yellow leaves in the fall, the most common variety in the state being ...