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Larix decidua

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Larix decidua Pinaceace
European Larch   LAR-iks de-SID-u-a
Deciduous conifer, 30-60(100) ft, [(9-18(30) m], pyramidal, drooping branches, note brown or black "bumps" (spurs, short shoots) on some branches (compare to Larix occidentalis, ...

 


Larix decidua is a beautiful conifer when young with horizontal branches and weeping branchlets. As the tree ages, it looses some of its beauty. Larix lose their needles in fall after they turn from a soft green to a buttery yellow.

USDAFS Additional Silvics - USDA Plants Database
Larix decidua is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and may seed into the landscape. See a map of the states in which European larch has escaped (opens a new window).

#195 Larix decidua
Common Names: European larch
Family: Pinaceae (pine Family)
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Larix decidua: European Larch - this European native can grow to 75 feet tall, and is hardy in zones 4-6. It is a high altitude tree, and can even be found at altitudes above 8200 ft. The flowers are tiny - yellow for male and red for female.

Larix decidua and cvs.
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Hardiness Zones:
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European larch (Larix decidua 'Pendula') Zone 2
Weeping Candied Apple crabapple (Malus 'Weepcanzam') Zone 3
Weeping white mulberry (Morus alba 'Pendula') Zone 3 ...

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Larix decidua 'Pendula', Larix decidua 'Weeping Larch'
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European Larch (Larix decidua)
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Larix decidua (Common Larch, European Larch)
Larix kaempferi (Japanese Larch)
Larix laricina (American Larch, Eastern Larch)
Larix occidentalis (Western Larch, Tamarack)
Picea abies (Norway Spruce)
Picea breweriana (Brewer's Weeping Spruce) ...

In the British Isles Larix decidua is the most planted exotic tree. Larch is also a widely valued and versatile ornamental, and is used for street planting in cold mountainous places. It is deciduous, unlike most conifers.

European Larch Larix decidua
Japanese Larch L.kaemipferi
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Norway Spruce Picea abies
White Spruce P. glauca
Serbian Spruce P. omorika
Oriental Spruce P. orientalis
Colorado Spruce P. pungens ...

Larix - Larches
Larix decidua - European Larch
Larix gmelinii - Dahurian Larch
Larix kaempferi - Japanese Larch
Larix larcina - Tamarack
Larix lyallii - Alpine Larch
Larix occidentalis - Western Larch
Larix sibirica - Siberian Larch ...


9. European Larch/ (LE)/ introduced / Larix decidua
leaves
similar to native Tamarack.
needles in clusters of 30-40, as well as singly borne.
cones ...

Shade intolerant; should not be planted with fast-growing trees.
European Larch (Larix decidua), a non-native species, is also commonly planted in the landscape.

Stop 24- Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Stop 25- Pinus sylvestris
Stop 26- Abies concolor
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Stop 30- Cedrus libani var. stenocoma
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and strongly decurrent as on seedling stems and lead shoots of older plants, or crowded in false whorls of 15-40 at the tips of short, slow- growing, stubby spur-shoots. There are two species native to Idaho. A European species, Larix decidua is ...

See also: Larch, Larix, European larch, Green, Pinus