
From the viewpoint off the Chimney Pond trail on Katahdin. Tamaracks turn yellow in the fall. Hamlin Ridge, Hamlin Peak, and the North Basin are in the background.

From the viewpoint off the Chimney Pond trail on Katahdin. Tamaracks turn yellow in the fall. Hamlin Ridge, Hamlin Peak, and the North Basin are in the background.

Commonly found in northern bogs and other low-lying areas, the tamarack is a deciduous conifer with needles that turn yellow in fall. These trees are on the shoreline of Round Pond in Maine’s Kennebec Highlands Public Reserved Land.