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The Tamarack, also known as Larch, is the only North American coniferous tree to completely shed all of its needles in the fall. If you are looking to find a Tamarack you will have the most luck looking in any of the Algonquin Highlands bogs. The Tamarack tree prefers cold, wet or moist, poorly drained sites like bogs, swamps, streams and lakes.
When the Tamarack reaches maturity, its height is usually between 15-23 metres. Its appearance is often found appealing due to the short, soft needles and narrow pyramidal crown. The Tamarack needles grow in small clusters of 10-50 on dwarf twigs. Needles are no longer than 2.5 cm and turn a golden yellow before shedding occurs.
Cone production for the Tamarack begins at the age of 15 in open areas. In closed stands production will not occur until the age of 35-40 years. Large quantity of seed production will not occur until the tree reaches the age of 40. A Tamarack found in an open stand at an age of 50 to 150 years of age can produce as many as 20,000 cones a year.
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