Terry the Tamarack

Here are a Few Poems I Made About Myself

Bold

Reaching

Amazing

Needles

Cool

Healthy

I Dreamed

I Was a Tree

In a Forest

Listening to the Wind

Calmly

Needles

Pointy, Bunches

Blowing in the Fast Wind

Alone, Waiting In Solitude

Soft Bunch

Here is a picture of me.

Here is a picture of when my buddy Shay visited me.

All About Me

My name is Terry the Tamarack, I live in a school forest in Minnesota. You would find me in the Mountain Iron Buhl School Forest in the location N.47˚31.11' W.092˚36.143'. If you find me I'll let you know I'm about 80 feet tall. When my buddy visited me, I was 1 3/4 arm lengths (120 cm). My longest branch is 390 cm long, my average branch length is 286 cm. If you were to call me by my scientific name you would call me Terry the Larix Larcinia, my scientific name is Larix Larcinia.

The Time I was Sick

As you already know, I am Terry the Tamarack . The 80 foot tall Tamarack in the Mountain Iron Buhl School Forest, thats me, and last year I came down with a bad case of the Larch Sawfly.

This all started last Spring when a bug that looked like a wasp started flying around me. I thought this was an ordinary wasp coming to visit me, but I knew this wasn't the case when it wouldn't go away. After I realized this I saw that it was laying eggs on me. Then It came to me, this was the Larch Sawfly. It was a bug all Tamaracks have heard of before.

The Larch Sawfly is a form of Sawfly which is one of the biggest killers of Larch in Minnesota. Throughout this time many things were going through my mind. Would it go away? Why was it here? And my biggest question of all, would I die? This bug currently has no cure, the only way to stop it is to wait for it to leave, if it does.

Thankfully, it did leave me and now I am a happy and healthy Tamarack. I am very hopeful that I never get as sick as I was last year.

Here is a picture of the Larch Sawfly.

How to Best Plant a Tamarack

To plant a Tamarack correctly, first you would dig a hole two to three times the size of the root ball. Second, you would place the tree in the hole in the right direction you want. Third, you would fill the hole with soil. Finally, remember to plant the tree at least 10 feet from your utility line. Make sure to follow these steps and water me often!

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Here is a quiz about me.

Here is a picture of how you would see a Tamarack if you were a mouse.

Here is a pastel drawing of me and my neighbors.

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