{"id":390,"date":"2009-06-20T11:39:17","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T15:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/?p=390"},"modified":"2009-07-03T22:49:19","modified_gmt":"2009-07-04T02:49:19","slug":"tamarack-hackmatack-juniper-and-larch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/tamarack-hackmatack-juniper-and-larch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamarack, Hackmatack, Juniper, and Larch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The things you notice with sunglasses on.\u00a0 This time it was the surprising red colour of a newborn tamarack cone.\u00a0 Even without sunglasses, they&#8217;re a beautiful red.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/tamarack-hackmatack-juniper-and-larch\/2009-06-08-tamarak\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009-06-08-tamarak.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,378\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Red tamarack cones\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The red of young cones on the tamarack&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009-06-08-tamarak.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-391\" title=\"Red tamarack cones\" src=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009-06-08-tamarak.jpg\" alt=\"The red of young cones on the tamarack\" width=\"450\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009-06-08-tamarak.jpg 450w, https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/2009-06-08-tamarak-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The red of young cones on the tamarack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ever since attending a concert by the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wilderbeats.com\/\">Nova Scotian children&#8217;s entertainers The Wilderbeats<\/a>, described in Rural Delivery magazine as &#8220;Madcap oracles of nature&#8217;s voice for a new generation,&#8221; looking at a tamarack tree makes me think of their Tamarack Song:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tamarack, Hackmatack, Juniper, and Larch<br \/>\nAbsolutely naked from November until March<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s got CONES! and it&#8217;s got NEEDLES!<br \/>\nBut it isn&#8217;t what it seems&#8230;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s decidedly deciduous and never evergreen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, it&#8217;s not really a juniper, but that&#8217;s one of the many names people use for this conifer that sheds its needles every fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The things you notice with sunglasses on.\u00a0 This time it was the surprising red colour of a newborn tamarack cone.\u00a0 Even without sunglasses, they&#8217;re a beautiful red. 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