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Larix decidua |
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European Larch |
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Northern Europe |
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Pyramidal, with horizontal branches and drooping
branchlets, becoming open and irregular with
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70-75 feet tall with a spread of 25-30 feet |
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Plants are
monoecious. Pistillate cones are red,
pink, yellow, or green, staminate are yellow,
both cover the leafless branches in early
spring. |
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Needles are deciduous, ˝-1˝ inches long
(somewhat larger than L. laricina),
narrow, clustered 30-40 on the spur shoots,
light green in color. |
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Fall color is yellow. |
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Stems are yellowish-brown in color with
prominent short spur shoots. |
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Cones are 1-1˝ inches long (larger than
L. laricina), composed of pubescent scales,
red changing to yellow-brown at maturity. |
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