WOOD AND FOREST. 

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Western Larch. Tamarack. 

 Larix occidentalis Nuttall. 

 Lari.r, the classical Latin name; occidentalis means western. 



i}\\ VI Habitat: (See map) ; 



best in northern Montana 

 and Idaho, on high eleva- 

 tions. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 90'-130', 

 even 250'; diameter 6'-8'; 

 tall, slender, naked trunk, 

 with branches high: bark, 

 cinnamon red or purplish, 

 often 12" thick, In-eaking 

 into irregular plates, often 

 2' long; leaves, in tufts; 

 deciduous: cones small. 



Habi'tat. 



Leaf. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Color, light red, thin, 

 whitish, sap-wood; non- 

 porous; grain, straight, 

 fine ; 7'nys numerous, thin ; 

 very resinous, but ducts 

 small and obscure. 



Physical Qualities: 



Weight, heavy (11th in 

 this list), 46 lbs. per cu. 

 ft., sp. gr. 0.7407; very 



