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In 🇪🇺 Europeor eastern North America or in western North America :
branchlets droop; cones=long (2½ cm) (1 in)🇪🇺 European larch Larix decidua branchlets do not droop; cones=short (1 cm) (½ in)※ tamarack / American larch Larix laricina
needles=▲ 3-sided※ western larch Larix occidentalis needles= ◼︎♦ 4-sided※ subalpine larch Larix lyallii
Part of 🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce family Pinaceae in 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales. One of the few 🍃︎🌲︎ deciduous conifers (joined only by dawn redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides, and bald cypress Taxodium distichum in the temperate part of its range).
Native to temperate forests in the 🌐︎ Northern Hemisphere, from 🇨🇦 Canada and 🇺🇸 USA, through 🇪🇺 Europe and 🇷🇺 Russia. ※ ▭ 🌎︎ Map of 3 species, by county (🇺🇸 USA-48), (all species together) (colors).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Larix hosts caterpillars of 120 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
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🏠︎ 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales 🍃︎ dormant 🌲︎ conifers (some order Pinales)
🇪🇺 European larch Larix decidua ※ tamarack / American larch Larix laricina ※ subalpine larch Larix lyallii ※ western larch Larix occidentalis Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii bald cypress Taxodium distichum