Tags: Conifer.
Larix laricina commonly known as the tamarack hackmatack eastern larch black larch red larch or American larch is a species of larch native to Canada from eastern Yukon and Inuvik Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland and also south into the northeastern United States from Minnesota to Cranesville Swamp Maryland; there is also a disjunct population in central Alaska. The word tamarack is the Algonquian name for the species and means wood used for snowshoes.