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Sept. 01, 2004
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Tree Tour: Tamarack
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(Unless otherwise indicated, photos by Don of www.WascanaPark.com)
Location: (2004)
Les Sherman Park, east of west baseball diamond.
- Botanical Name: Larix laricina
- Moist Conditions/Sun/Attracts Wildlife
- Height & Spread: 12 -15m x 5m
- Form: narrow pyramid
- Leaf: 2.5cm long, soft, light green, needles occur in whorls;
deciduous-needles turn yellow in the fall then drop
- Bark: smooth grey on young trees and turning scaly
and reddish-brown with age
- Fruit: 1cm egg shaped cones on short spurs
- Use: specimen tree
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(Information from the City of Regina, Tree Tour Guidebook)
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