"L" is for: Larch or Larix, Lots of needles in each bundle, Losing its needles for the dormant season.
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🇪🇺 Europe oreastern 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 North America or
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:
Native to temperate forests in the 🌐︎ Northern Hemisphere, from 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada and USA, through 🇪🇺 Europe and 🇷🇺 Russia. ※ 🗺 Map of 3 species, by county (🇺🇸 USA-48),
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