pine question

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  1. Canadianplant

    Canadianplant Active Member

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    cananyone here name me a pine tree that looses or seems to loose all of its needles during the winter and regrowes them in the spring???
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Larch.
     
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    i was asking becasue i have on in my back yeard. heres a pic
     

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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Yep, that's a larch. The pic is too small to tell which species of larch though.
     
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    never seen one before
     
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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Far northern native species is called tamarack. Western mountains have subalpine larch and western larch. Japanese larch and European larch common in North American cultivation, where climate and soils suitable.
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    It looks a bit too broad-crowned for Tamarack Larch (L. laricina), that is usually slender-crowned. More likely European Larch (L. decidua) or Siberian Larch (L. sibirica).
     
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    im from nw ontario and just moved here to calgary so i see new stuff all the time, I looked it up lots of specfies to look up but i get the idea thanks guys
     

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