188 THE BOOK OF FORESTRY 
LARCHES 
Needles many in a bundle borne upon a short spur- 
like branch. Unlike most of the cone-bearing trees the 
larches shed their needles each autumn. 
TAMARACK OR EASTERN 
LARCH 
Larix ameruana 
LOAVES 
Awl-shaped, borne in clusters on short 
spur-like branches, bright green in 
color. Turn yellow and fall in Sep- 
tember or October. 
Congs 
Small and rounded, 3/2” long, light 
brown in color. 
RANGE 
Maine to Rocky Mountains. South 
to West Virginia and Illinois. 
The two other larches found in the West differ from 
the Eastern species by having their cones more elliptical 
in shape with “bracts” (scales attached to under side 
of cone seales) extending beyond the cone scale. 
