| Scientific Name: | Larix decidua |
| Common Name: | European larch |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Pendulous, Spreading, Stiffly upright, Twiggy |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly, Weeping |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Screening, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Tall background, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Fascicles, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Pink, Red, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Needles soft, pliable, most on short shoots in tuffs of 30-40, linear, 2.5-3.5cm long x 0.5-1mm thick, apex obtuse to acute, flattened or broadly triangular in cross-section, stomata mostly on lower surface in two pale bands separated by a keel; seed cones terminal on short shoots between the nodes, on curved peduncles 5-10mm long, ovoid with an obtuse apex, 2.5-4cm long, comprised of 25-35 seed scales, bracts shorter than seed scales, dark red maturing pale green and then bark brown; seeds 4mm with 6-10mm wing. Winter ID: branches bare, down swept; cones persistent; buds small, spherical, fused with the branch; cone buds larger and on spur shoots. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Larix_decidua.php.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |