slender, flexible leaves in clusters of 10 to 20 arranged spirals
light green in color, turning yellow and shedding in autumn
Cones
cm. long erect and brown colored with about 20 thin smooth scales
maturing and opening during autumn, shedding the second season
Bark
a thin, smooth bluish-grey on young trees becoming rough with small, flat, reddish-brown scales when mature
General
a heavy, strong softwood
tamarack makes good railway ties, posts an poles, but due to attacks by the larch sawfly, its commercial importance has decreased
found mostly in swampy, wet places, it often grows with Black Spruce and Balsam Fir and can grow up to 12 m. with a 30 cm. diameter
it is characterized by the deciduous nature of its needles
in parts of Newfoundland, particularly the Avalon Peninsula, Tamarack, more commonly called Juniper or Eastern Larch, leans to the east due to the prevailing westerly winds
