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Larix kaempferi, the Japanese larch [2] or karamatsu (唐松 or 落葉松) in Japanese, is a species of larch native to Japan, in the mountains of Chūbu and Kantō regions in central Honshū. [3] It is a medium-sized to large deciduous coniferous tree reaching 20–40 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. The crown is broad conic; both the ...
Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus Larix, of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from 20 to 45 metres (65 to 150 feet) tall, [ 1 ] they are native to the cooler regions of the northern hemisphere, where they are found in lowland forests in the high latitudes, and high in mountains further south.
The Laricoideae are a subfamily of the Pinaceae, a Pinophyta division family. They take their name from the genus Larix (), which contains inside most of the species of the group and is one of only two deciduous genera of the pines complex (together with Pseudolarix, which however belongs to a different subfamily, the Abietoideae).
Larix decidua * Japanese larch Larix kaempferi * Coast Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii * Western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla * Silver fir Abies alba * Grand fir Abies grandis * Noble fir Abies procera * Deodar cedar Cedrus deodara * Lebanon cedar Cedrus libani var atlantica *
Pseudolarix species are commonly known as golden larch, but are not true larches (Larix) being more closely related to Keteleeria, Abies and Cedrus. P. amabilis is native to eastern China, occurring in small areas in the mountains of southern Anhui , Zhejiang , Fujian , Jiangxi , Hunan , Hubei and eastern Sichuan , at altitudes of 100–1,500 m ...
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The western larch (Larix occidentalis) is a species of larch native to the mountains of western North America (Pacific Northwest, Inland Northwest); in Canada in southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, and in the United States in eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. It is the most productive ...
Larix kaempferi: Japanese larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix laricina: tamarack; eastern larch Pinaceae (pine family) 71 Larix lyallii: alpine larch Pinaceae (pine family) 72 Larix mastersiana: masters larch Pinaceae (pine family) Larix occidentalis: western larch Pinaceae (pine family) 73 Larix potaninii: Chinese larch Pinaceae (pine family ...