- TAMARACK
Establishment Adaptation: Tamarack grows in boreal forests in wet, poorly drained sphagnum bogs and muskegs, also on moist upland mineral soils, the drier sites in the northern part of its range, at elevations of and low soil temperature, it is more.
- Forest-Lowland Coniferous
Plant adaptations to the harsh growing conditions in lowland conifer forests include evergreen leaves (conifers and ericaceous shrubs), reliance on ectomycorrhizal fungi to facilitate nutrient uptake, capture of insects to provide additional nutrients.
- State of Wisconsin
It is most commonly found on moist organic soils, peats and mucks of swamps and muskegs, especially in the southern limits of its soils along streams, lakes and swamps; in seep areas; and on shallow layers D.Range of Habitat Types Habitat types for swamp.
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