Climate change causing trouble for tamarack trees
Dec 15, 2022 10:19AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Tamarack tree near Finland, MN (Sofie Wicklund/iNaturalist)
By Greg Seitz - Quetico Superior Wilderness News - December 14, 2022
By Greg Seitz - Quetico Superior Wilderness News - December 14, 2022
An iconic tree species most often found in northern Minnesota’s peatlands and bogs is facing a serious threat connected to climate change. Tamaracks are renowned for being the only conifer in Minnesota that loses its needles in the fall. But, in the past two decades, more than half of Minnesota’s tamarack trees have been killed by a native insect, and experts say the tree species may not survive in the state.