Western larches are stately trees, soaring 90 to nearly 200 feet tall, with branches that spill out in a neat cascade from a narrow crown. While the majority of conifers are evergreen — retaining ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every fall, Washington’s larch trees transform from green to golden yellow before shedding their needles, creating a short-lived ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 25—Autumn in western Montana is like a warm-hued sunset. Fields turn yellow in the last throes of summer heat as golden ...

As November comes to a close, we find ourselves just three weeks away from the official arrival of winter. Many of us have seen our first snowflakes already, and last week, we had a wintry mix that ...

Stephen F. Arno of Missoula has self-published through Amazon a book on the ecology and history of the Northwestern larch titled “Golden Trees of the Mountain West.” According to the book’s cover, ...

As September turns to October every year, hikers in Washington rush to the mountains for “Larch Madness.” Across a few short autumn weeks in the Cascades, the popular deciduous conifers turn a vibrant ...

For years, the European Larch on the University of Iowa Pentacrest provided shade and a place for children to play on its unique low-hanging branches. When winds from a thunderstorm claimed the ...

In response to last week's column about identifying evergreens, reader Gary H. asks columnist Don Kinzler if a larch is considered an evergreen because it loses its needles in the winter. Reader Gary ...

In the fury of a vicious thunderstorm late Monday night, the European larch on the University of Iowa Pentacrest, adored by Hawkeyes for years, fell to the ground. The tree, which was at least 50 ...