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Re: Two different Trees
By:West
Date: 8/6/2001, 3:40 pm
In Response To: Also called Tamrack (sp) as in swamp *NM* (scott e. davis)

Western Larch is Larix Occidentalis grows to over 200' found from Southern BC
to Northern Idaho and Oregon .

Tamarack is a tree of the boreal forest and max'es out at 50'.

While the wood of both trees are similar Western larch produces a large amount of clear straight grained wood.

Messages In This Thread

Larch for stripping?
B.Gorr -- 8/4/2001, 2:39 pm
Re: Larch for stripping?
West -- 8/4/2001, 4:19 pm
Also called Tamrack (sp) as in swamp *NM*
scott e. davis -- 8/6/2001, 1:31 pm
Re: Two different Trees
West -- 8/6/2001, 3:40 pm
Re: Two different Trees
scott e. davis -- 8/8/2001, 1:34 pm
Thanks for the education, my mistake
scott e. davis -- 8/7/2001, 1:24 pm