Larix laricina

• BOTANICAL NAME: Larix laricina
• COMMON NAME: American Larch
• FAMILY: Pinaceae
• NATIVITY:  In the upper north of North America
• GROWTH HABIT:  40-80’; Deciduous evergreen
• HARDINESS:  USDA Zone (1) 2 to 4
• OPTIMUM GROWING CONDITIONS:  Cool, moist soils with adequate sun. Often found in Sphagum bogs.
• SUCCESSIONAL STATUS:  Climax
• FACULTATIVE STATUS:  Facultative Wetland
• LANDSCAPE VALUE:  Grows well in moist soils and bogs.
• FOLIAGE:  Short spurs and light green in color, 15-30 in a bundle.  Turns slightly yellow in the fall.
• BUDS:  Rounded dome like - dark red.
• BARK:  Reddish gray-brown at maturity and rough.
• FRUIT:  Green or blue-purple cones that turn to brown.  Flowers are sessile and monoecious.
• PESTS: Larch sawfly but none too serious.