Larix laricina

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Larix laricina
Tamarack larch in fall colors, with black spruce in the background
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Pinaceae
Genus:	Larix
Species:	L. laricina
Binomial name
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch
Natural range of Larix laricina
Synonyms[2]
Abies microcarpa (Lamb.) Lindl. Larix alaskensis W.Wight Larix americana Michx. Larix fraseri Curtis ex Gordon Larix intermedia (Du Roi) Lodd. ex J.Forbes Larix microcarpa (Lamb.) J.Forbes Larix rubra Steud. Larix tenuifolia Salisb. Pinus intermedia Du Roi Pinus laricina Du Roi Pinus microcarpa Lamb.

Larix laricina, commonly known as the tamarack,^[3] hackmatack,^[3] eastern larch,^[3] black larch,^[3] red larch,^[3] or American larch,^[3] is a species of larch native to Canada, from eastern Yukon and Inuvik, Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland, and also south into the upper northeastern United States from Minnesota to Cranesville Swamp, West Virginia; there is also an isolated population in central Alaska.^[4]