American Larch
Larix laricina

By: Ashley Hansen
Plant Sciences 211, NDSU, Fall 2011

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Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Larix
Species: L. laricina
Binoomial Name: Larix laricina

American Larch's other Names

Tamarack Larch
Tamarack
Hackmatack
American Larch

Where American Larch is found

The American Larch is native in Canada, to eastern Yukon and Inuvik. To the Northwest territories east to Newfoundland. The tree can also be found south of Canada in the North eastern United states from Minnesota to Cranesville Swamp in West Virginia. The American Larch can also be found in certain places in Alaska.
The American Larch is hardy in Zone 3. The tree really likes to grow in limestone subsoils, sloping mountainsides, bogs, and wet soils.

Uses for the American Larch

Native Americans used to make the fibrous roots for strings to sew bird bark canoes, and used the bark for medicine.
Today's use of the tree is pit propops, posts, staircases, ship building, exterior work in contact with the ground, Door and window frames, and boat planking.