How to Use tamarack in a Sentence

tamarack

noun
  • Look for the golden hue of the tamarack on one of the swales (low points) late in the fall.
    Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2017
  • By the time winter sets in, all the green needles of the tamarack have fallen, and won’t return until spring.
    Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The bog has large areas of cedar-tamarack swamp forest, marshes, hardwoods and deep and shallow bog lakes.
    Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2017
  • Like the spruce, tamaracks have come back in a big way, with healthy young trees now lining the border of the pipeline road through swampy sections of the Interior.
    Ned Rozell, Alaska Dispatch News, 24 June 2017
  • Monstrous tamarack and cedar beams used to create the retreat still give it a feeling of rustic splendor.
    Sharyn Alden, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2018
  • In some ways, the setting feels like Up North, with perennials lining the sidewalks, tamarack trees scattered across the grounds and at least a gentle breeze even in the dead of summer.
    Freep.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Which returns me to today’s topic: tamarack, also known as larch.
    Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Instead of trekking into the forests of Canada, a birder can fly into the Duluth airport and within an hour be in the old-growth tamarack and black spruce bogs, which the owls favor.
    Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The findings were that trees already at the southern end of their range will do poorly — including balsam fir, aspen, white spruce and tamarack.
    John Myers, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2017
  • Most of the horse cases occurred near tamarack bogs or hardwood swamps in northern and eastern Minnesota.
    John Myers, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2019
  • They are made with tamarack interiors and have heat, electricity and Wi-Fi, as well as an outdoor food prep counter, fire ring and table.
    Star Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Danielson recalled how the upper-level floor was supported by 12-inch tamarack logs, hand-hewn by his father.
    John Sowell, idahostatesman, 27 June 2017
  • One section that draws wedding parties and photographers every year: the unusual conifers called tamarack trees.
    Frank S. Abderholden, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2017
  • The small natural tract still contains all of southern Michigan’s principal forest types, including tamarack, cedar, beech-maple, oak-hickory and mixed hardwood.
    Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2018
  • While getting some outdoor exercise, participants will see tamarack trees, a type of deciduous pine, floating on a mat of sphagnum moss, according to naturalist Stacy Iwanicki, who leads the walks.
    Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2020

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