When my daughter Elizabeth asked me what the difference was between a deciduous and conifer tree, because she was having trouble memorizing the answer from the science book, I took her outside to see it for herself.

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Tree spotters may be pleased to spot the American larch, a deciduous conifer that isn't found much farther south.

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