23. Larch – Larix occidentalis (there is a group of these together- look for needles turning yellow as this species is the only native pine that is deciduous)

shoots are dimorphic, with growth divided into long shoots (typically 10 to 50 centimetres (3.9 to 19.7 in) long) and bearing several buds, and short shoots only 1 to 2 millimetres (0.039 to 0.079 in) long with only a single bud. The leaves are needle-like, light green, 2 to 5 centimetres (0.79 to 1.97 in) long, and very slender; they turn bright yellow in the fall, leaving the pale orange-brown shoots bare until the next spring. seed cones are ovoid-cylindric, 2 to 5 centimetres (0.79 to 1.97 in) long with a papery bract sticking out of the cone