Tamarack, Larix laricina, is a deciduous conifer of the family Pinaceae native across northern North America, from Alaska and Canada south into the northern United States, one of the most cold-hardy trees on the continent and among the few conifers found growing at the northern edge of the treeline. Its soft, needle-like leaves grow in dense clusters on short spur shoots and turn a vivid gold before dropping each autumn, and it commonly grows in wet bogs and swamps alongside black spruce.
Facts
Scientific Name Conservation Status Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Child Taxon Of
Larix, Taxa Source Wikidata: Tamarack
In Biome
Bog, Biomes Source Larix laricina (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Iceland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
2. Wikidata: Tamarack
Wikidata- Wikidata Q734085, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Wikidata Q734085 (P225 taxon name)
- Child Taxon Of: Larix, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
View the Source 3. Tamarack (Wikipedia)
Larix laricina (Wikipedia)
In Biome: Bog, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 316222, target B278681Quote, In Biome: Bog, article text (habitat biome), EntityId 316222, target B278681
They can tolerate a wide range of soil conditions but grow most commonly in swamps, bogs, or muskegs, in wet to moist organic soils such as sphagnum, peat, and woody peat.They are also found on mineral soils that range f
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