The tamarack, or eastern larch, is a deciduous evergreen tree that sheds its needles in the fall, only to regrow them the following spring, forming a whorl at the end of the twig, which makes ...

REMER, Minn. — Judging by the view from a gravel road north of Remer, Minnesota, the forest is fine. Maybe some dry patches in spots, sure. But nothing that would grab your attention as you drive by.

Tamarack is a tree with a number of aliases – hackmatack, Eastern larch, or if you’re from northern Maine and feeling contrary, juniper. Whatever you call it, this scraggly tree, easy to overlook for ...

The season of dazzling hillsides ablaze with vivid, colorful, autumnal foliage is all but over. There may be three more weeks before the winter solstice, but already most of our trees are showing ...

Tamarack is a tree with a number of aliases hackmatack, eastern larch, or if you re from Northern Maine and feeling contrary, juniper. Whatever you call it, this scraggly tree, easy to overlook for ...

As November comes to a close, we find ourselves just three weeks away from the official arrival of winter. Many of us have seen our first snowflakes already, and last week, we had a wintry mix that ...

Almost naked last week, the larch still held enough color to stand out in the crowd of evergreens. Clusters of green needle-shaped leaves emerged during spring like a feathery fleece on the tree’s ...

In two past columns I featured the bald cypress, which is a tree most often found in the deep southern United States. Its area extends northward into southern Indiana and Illinois. In Indiana it is ...