Station 11
Botanical Name: Larix decidua
Common Name: European Larch
Major Deciduous Conifer Tree
Native Origin: Northern and Central Europe
Height: 70’-80’ May Reach 130’
Spread: 25’-30’
Form: Pyramidal
Flowers: Female-Red and Upright
Male-Yellow and Drooping
Fruit: 1”-1 ½” Cone
Bark:
Gray Scales Exposing Reddish Brown
Interior
Comments: This European import loses its needles in the fall and new needles appear in the spring. Most people do not expect a tree with needles to be a deciduous and certainly it is not a common sight. Next to the European Larch is a white pine tree; compare how the needles of the larch grow along the branches and pine needles grow in a group at the end of the branches.