Environment

The Larch in Season

by Fairbanks | September 28, 2008 at 08:55 am

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The Larch might be seen as an evergreen tree, but it drops its needles each fall. Native to the taiga, widespread although not the most common tree, the fall brings the change of color from green to brilliant yellow and then it's over until next year. This larch has been cut to two feet because it is under the powerline. The larch can be over thirty feet tall. The first snow of the season is today, about two inches.

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Fairbanks

at 09:19 on September 28th, 2008

Color temperature in the snow shots was on auto and the sun wasn't up yet, but the color blue is appropriate for the next 6-9 months. 25 degrees is about as warm as it will be until spring.

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at 09:19 on September 28th, 2008

Fairbanks, I like this story. It's good stuff.

I did not know it was native to the taiga.

Fairbanks

at 09:24 on September 28th, 2008

Yes, this variety is native to Alaska and western Canada, which is taiga and commonly underlain with permafrost. Also present are black spruce, paper birch, and aspen, and willow in many varieties. Most of the trees are smallish, rarely over fifty feet.