Introductory
SPECIES: Larix decidua | European Larch 



ABBREVIATION : 
LARDEC

SYNONYMS : 
   Larix europaea D. C. [12]
   Larix larix Karst. [17]


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   LADE


COMMON NAMES : 
   European larch
   common larch


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for European larch is Larix
decidua Mill. (Pinaceae) [12].  There are four or five geographic
races, sometimes given status as subspecies or varieties (Alpen [Alpine],
Sudeten, Tatra, Polen [Polish], Rumanian) [17,25]:

L. d. var. decidua
L. d. var. pendula Henk and Hochst. [7]
L. d. var. polonica Raciborski [15]
L. d. var. sudetica [15]
L. d. var. tatrensis [15]

European larch hybridizes with Japanese larch (L.  leptolepis) when they
are planted together (they are not sympatric).  The hybrid, 
L. xeurolepis A. Henry, is called the Dunkeld larch [3,7].


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Janet Sullivan, February 1994


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Sullivan, Janet. 1994. Larix decidua. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Larix decidua | European Larch