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The hybrid Dunkeld larch is widely grown as a timber crop in Northern Europe, valued for its fast growth and disease resistance. Larch on oak was the traditional construction method for Scottish fishing boats in the 19th century. [citation needed] Larch has also been used in herbal medicine; see Bach flower remedies and Arabinogalactan for details.
The Parent Larch near Dunkeld cathedral is the sole survivor from a group of larches collected from the mountains of the Tyrol mountains in 1738, and which were the seed source for large-scale larch plantings in the local area.
Larix decidua, the European larch, is a species of larch native to the mountains of central Europe, in the Alps and Carpathian Mountains, with small disjunct lowland populations in northern Poland. Its life span has been confirmed to be close to 1000 years, [ 3 ] with ages of around 2000 years likely.
In 1796-97 he planted pine and larch around the Falls of Bruar as a tribute to the recently deceased Robert Burns, responding to his poem The Humble Petition of Bruar Water to the Noble Duke of Atholl (1787). [7] The Duke wrote "Observations on Larch" in 1807 encouraging further its cultivation, which he practiced on a large scale. [8]
English: A female Dunkeld Larch cone with a small branch growing from the tip. Eglinton, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Date: 27 June 2010: Source: Own work: Author:
First larch trees in Scotland planted at Dunkeld. [ 2 ] First publication of Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie 's The Historie and Chronicles of Scotland, 1436–1565 , written about 1575 in the Scots language .
Parent Larch, a European Larch in the grounds of a Hilton hotel built by the Duke of Atholl in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross; A Douglas-fir, in the grounds of Scone Palace where David Douglas was born, in Perth and Kinross
The International Larix Arboretum is a small arboretum of 1.2 acres (4,900 m 2) dedicated to the scientific study of the larch (Larix) species.It is located within the Coram Experimental Forest, 30 yards SE of the Hungry Horse Ranger station at 10 Hungry Horse Drive Hungry Horse, Montana.