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Re: Two different Trees
By:scott e. davis
Date: 8/8/2001, 1:34 pm
In Response To: Re: Two different Trees (West)

Out of curiosity, I looked up the larch family in my tree book. Apparently there are 4 larch species in North America and my book refers to all of them interchangeably as tamaracks also. Western Tamarack/Larch and Eastern Tamarack/larch would be the likely woods available, with, as you said, the western being superior. However both weigh a hefty 39 lbs/cubic foot compared with 19 lbs for northern white cedar. They are all good in rot resistance tho. - Scott

Messages In This Thread

Larch for stripping?
B.Gorr -- 8/4/2001, 2:39 pm
Re: Larch for stripping?
West -- 8/4/2001, 4:19 pm
Also called Tamrack (sp) as in swamp *NM*
scott e. davis -- 8/6/2001, 1:31 pm
Re: Two different Trees
West -- 8/6/2001, 3:40 pm
Re: Two different Trees
scott e. davis -- 8/8/2001, 1:34 pm
Thanks for the education, my mistake
scott e. davis -- 8/7/2001, 1:24 pm