Part of larch  genus Larix in 🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce  family Pinaceae in 🌲︎ conifer  order Pinales.


Native to 🗻 mountains of western 🇨🇦 Canada and 🇺🇸 USA.

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Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Larix hosts caterpillars of 120 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.

Learn more about western larch Larix occidentalis

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🏠︎ larch  genus Larix