Larch trees in the fall/ show me your fall colours, all trees welcome!

Im not sure how many of you have seen larch trees but they are quite common in some areas. If you have your own pictures of larch in all their fall glory Id like to see them. I think of them as deciduous coniferous, as far as I know its the only coniferous that drops its needles in the fall. Also Ive seen some but not enough fall color pictures so it would be great to see you post them here.

 

Not quite sure how to post comments below pictures like I see others doing here so will have to read up on that. The last picture shows a grey "stick" to the left of the stump and to the right of the cedar tree. These are what I target as they are often below or close to 20%. Larch often snap off up high in wind storms and die standing.

 

Well, these are actually from last year, but you will have to forgive me ...

First Maple



Then Larch (we call them Tamarack here)






And some of both

 

Yeah that one is neat. My son and I went trout fishing with a friend at his cabin and I took this from his porch as the sun was touching the top of the trees. You would think it was the cameras exposure that made it come out that way but the reason I took that shot was because of how brilliant it was to the naked eye.

 

Nice pics bushpilot. I like how the trees seem to stand out above the others eh? The second batch were from last year for me. I like the maple.....

 

The guy I bought this place from didn't cut Larch, but cut everything else on that part of the property pretty heavily. So yeah, the Larch does stand tall above the others there.

 

Colors were gorgeous today when I was out, looked like it was peaking. Didn't have my camera, sun wasn't out, gonna rain and blow tomorrow and probably knock a bunch of leaves off. I'll see if I can get any decent pics before that happens...

 

Good I look forward to seeing them. In this picture you can see the stand of aspen on the other side of the elk river just past the field has lost all its leaves now.

 

Love that Maple "Bushpilot", yeah "Sean" we have Larch/Tamarack around here. Though I don't currently have any pics, if I do see a good one and have my camera I'll post it. Thanks so much for the photos!

 

We had a really wet summer up 'til a couple months ago, and a warm fall. Whatever the reason, this is the best color we've had in recent memory. I've just got a point-and-shoot, and it's cloudy today so the pics don't really do it justice. Sassafras gets really nice red (second pic.) I don't think there's any Black Tupelo (Blackgum) in this set, but it gets a super red as well.

 

A little past peak around here, but still some nice colors, won't be long before everything is brown and down. Replacing belts on the snowblower, cuz it's coming!!! We don't have either of those trees up here how do they burn?

 

They are nothing to write home about, medium-output stuff. I don't mess with 'em; Sass pops in the stove and Blackgum is supposed to be hard to split. If I ever see a dead one out there, I guess I'll find out how tough it really is.

 

Medium output stuff still throws heat, when the sass is poppin in the stove, tell the kids you're making popcorn!

 

Even so the colours are amazing! Thanks for sharing.

 

Do you ever burn it? It has high btu all things considered.

 

Yep, pretty useful here for spring and fall fires, bridging to the overnight reload, and getting quick heat if room temp has gotten too low. I keep quite a bit around, always have some soft Maple and Black Cherry in the stacks. I use Yellow (Tulip) Poplar and Red Pine, which are rated pretty low, for kindling. Every wood has its place.

We get some good color here but we are woefully short on spectacular mountain ranges. I still remember the trip many moons ago that a buddy and I took to your neck of the woods...Glacier, Banff and Jasper Parks. Just incredible. I can't explain it but I could "feel" those huge mountains, like they were exerting a gravitational pull on me. Like that 65" DBH Pin Oak I used to pass every day, a few miles from the house.

 

Yep, I do here. Tamarack is about the highest BTU stuff I can get regularly, but my stove sees Douglas Fir and Pines more often, because I have more of them dead or diseased.

Greg