You can spot the gold of the larch trees high on the eastern and northern Cascades in Washington. But to really see them, to feel their softness and breathe in their scent, you must hike. Up. And up ...

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 ...

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 ...

LEAVENWORTH — You can spot the gold of the larch trees high on the eastern and northern Cascades. But to really see them, to feel their softness and breathe in their scent, you must hike. Up. And up ...

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 ...

What: Each delicate needle and branch on Larix kaempferi “Diana” twists and turns like a corkscrew. The twirling blue-green needles are irresistibly soft and very touchable. In the fall, they turn a ...

Western larches are the showy paradox of Inland Northwest forests. Each fall, the trees outshine other conifers with a short-lived burst of gold-hued beauty. At Sherman Pass in the Colville National ...

In response to last week's column about identifying evergreens, reader Gary H. asks columnist Don Kinzler if a larch is considered an evergreen because it loses its needles in the winter. Reader Gary ...

Autumn in Oregon is a visual feast. The maples, oaks, alders and cottonwoods serve a rich bounty of vibrant colors each year. Growing up, we all learned that deciduous trees are the ones that turn red ...