Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch

American Larch, Tamarack

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Gymnosperm

Sublevel 2: Conifer

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Family: Pinaceae

Genus: Larix

Species: Larix laricina

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations:
RI - State Threatened

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: Two types of spores, unisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: FACW

PHOTOS OF Larix laricina