Green into gold
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Autumn gold larch, Erisman
In the middle of every May, the American Larch (Larix laricina) comes back to life. It's an odd tree: an "evergreen" that is, in fact, deciduous. It has needles like pines, hemlocks, and spruces, but unlike these denizens of the Great North Woods and parts south, larches drop their foliage every autumn. This is in the process of happening right now, but before needle drop, the larch spins its green into a fine shade of gold. Mixed with golden sunshine on an Indian Summer day, the trees glow like a precious metal. Then, soon enough, the larches are naked, revealing their relatively small cones, the botanical trait that unites them with other needle-bearing conifers..
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