Rex Trulove
This is what a larch forest looks like in the winter, with the trees bare of their needles. At first glance, these larches appear dead. They aren’t, though. They are merely dormant. In the spring, these trees will put out new needles and this forest will look lush again.
At first, the needles of new growth in the spring are light lime-green. It takes several weeks for the needles to grow to full size and to darken to the shade of dark green that firs and pines are known for.
