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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
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).
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 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 ...
Larix gmelinii is a medium-sized deciduous coniferous tree reaching 10–30 m tall, rarely 40 m, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. The crown is broad conic; both the main branches and the side branches are level, the side branches only rarely drooping.
The western larch (Larix occidentalis) is a species of larch native to the mountains of western North America (Pacific Northwest, Inland Northwest); in Canada in southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, and in the United States in eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. It is the most productive ...