Botanical Name: Larix decidua
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Common Name: European Larch  
Plant photo of: Larix decidua
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Check the soil's moisture level before watering.

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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree, Conifer

 

Height Range

60-100'

 

Flower Color

n/a

 

Flower Season

n/a

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Brown, Grey, Red

 

Fruit Color

Brown

 

Fruit Season

Fall, Persistent

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

European Larch is a uniques tree in that it is a deciduous conifer. It can grow 60 feet or tall, and about 20 or more feet wide. It has graceful horizontal branches that have smaller, weeping branchlets. Needles emerge in the spring and are a soft green; autumn color is a brilliant yellow before needles drop. Pinecones are small and brown; bark is greyish brown with elongated plates revealing an inner red bark as tree matures. Useful as a specimen to scree a view.