| Scientific Name: | Larix kaempferi |
| Common Name: | Japanese larch |
| Family Name: | Pinaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | > 30m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Street (boulevard tree) |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Fascicles, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Pink, Brown, Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Needles in tufts of 20-35, linear 1-2.3cm long x 0.8mm wide (or up to 6cm long x 2mm wide on long shots), more grey- or blue-green than other local larches; two stomatal bands on lower surface; seed cones brown when mature, 2-3cm long x 2cm wide; seed scales about 10-12mm long and wide, the upper margin is entire, undulate or emarginate, usually strongly recurved; bract scales ligulate, with a prominent midrib, apex acuminate, 6-7mm long x about 2mm wide; seeds about 4mm long x 3mm wide, wings 5-8mm long x 3-4mm wide. Winter ID: terminal vegetative buds conical, 4-5mm wide, lateral buds are sub-globose, 3mm across, both slightly resinous, dark red-brown triangular-ovate bud scales with uneven teeth. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Larix_kaempferi.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a> | |