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A Tamarack displays its yellow needles in late October in Anchorage, Alaska.

The Tamarack is a northern deciduous conifer whose needles turn yellow in the fall and are shedded later in the winter. The Tamarack is indigenous to central Alaska and the Yukon. It lives in boggy areas and is often, like fireweed, the first tree seen after wildfires.