I’m wondering if tamarack and tamarisk trees are the same. When I was younger rows of tamarack trees were planted all over the county as wind breaks. Apparently they were very good at being wind breaks.
We had a row of them all the way down our street as a wind break for the field across the street from us. They’re ugly trees and were always full of praying mantis. Not sure why the mantis seem to really like them.
I still see what remains of the rows and rows of them that were planted.
Tamarack is a fir-type tree native to North America. Tamarisk is native to Asia and notably flowers.