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Larix laricina, commonly known as the tamarack, [3] hackmatack, [3] eastern larch, [3] black larch, [3] red larch, [3] or American larch, [3] is a species of larch native to Canada, from eastern Yukon and Inuvik, Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland, and also south into the upper northeastern United States from Minnesota to Cranesville Swamp, West Virginia; there is also an isolated ...
European larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix gmelinii: Dahurian larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix griffithii: Sikkim larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix kaempferi: Japanese larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix laricina: tamarack; eastern larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix lyallii: alpine larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix mastersiana: masters larch
Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Juniper) Larix (larches) Larix decidua (European Larch) - introduced; Larix gmelinii (Dahurian Larch) - introduced; Larix kaempferi (Japanese Larch) - introduced; Larix laricina (Tamarack Larch) Larix lyallii (Subalpine Larch) Larix occidentalis (Western Larch) Larix sibirica (Siberian Larche) - introduced; Metasequoia
Larch on oak was the traditional construction method for Scottish fishing boats in the 19th century. [citation needed] Larch has also been used in herbal medicine; see Bach flower remedies and Arabinogalactan for details. Often, in Eurasian shamanism, the "world tree" is depicted as specifically a larch tree. [25]
The species of the subfamily Laricoideae are evergreen or deciduous trees that can reach the greater heights in the Pinaceae family (over 100 meters with Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii [2]). The leaves are needle-like [ 1 ] and have primary stomatal bands only on the abaxial surface (below the phloem vessels).
A list of tree species, grouped generally by biogeographic realm and specifically by bioregions, and shade tolerance. Shade-tolerant species are species that are able to thrive in the shade, and in the presence of natural competition by other plants. Shade-intolerant species require full sunlight and little or no competition.
Tree in habitat. Larix griffithii, the Sikkim larch, is a species of larch, native to the eastern Himalaya in eastern Nepal, Sikkim, western Bhutan and southwestern China (Xizang, Yunnan), growing at 1,800–4,100 metres (5,900–13,500 ft) in altitude.
The Arboretum is organized as three equal-sized blocks, each about 70 by 230 feet (21 by 70 m), with 12 trees of each species, subspecies, and hybrids in each of the three blocks, for a total of nearly 600 trees. The species planted are European Larch (Larix decidua), Dahurian Larch (Larix gmelinii), Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi), Tamarack ...