Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Pinaceae > Larix > Larix occidentalisLarix occidentalis (Western larch; hackmatack)Synonyms: Larix americana var. brevifolia; Pinus nuttallii (homotypic) Language: Chi; Dut; Fre; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita; Rus Western larch (Larix occidentalis) is a species of larch native to the mountains of western North America, in Canada in southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, and in the United States in eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. It grows at 500 to 2,400 metres (1,600 to 7,900 ft) altitude, and is very cold tolerant, able to survive winter temperatures down to about −50 °C (−58 °F). It only grows on well-drained soils, avoiding waterlogged ground. |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | Low | | Allergen Potential [1] | Low | | Carbon Capture [1] | Medium-High | | Screening - Summer [2] | Moderate | | Screening - Winter [2] | Porous | | Shade Percentage [1] | 91 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-High | | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Spring | | Drought Tolerance [2] | Low | | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Fire Tolerance [2] | Low | | Flower Type [3] | Monoecious | | Frost Free Days [2] | 60 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | High | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | | Growth Form [2] | Single Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [2] | Rapid | | Janka Hardness [4] | 830 lbf (376 kgf) Soft | | Leaf Type [3] | Deciduous | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Pollinators [3] | Wind | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 20 inches (51 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Moderate | | Seed Vigor [2] | High | | Seeds Per [2] | 143040 / lb (315349 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | | Specific Gravity [5] | 0.52 | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Usage [3] | A red powder can be made by heating the resin and then grinding it. This powder was mixed with fat and used as a cosmetic, or mixed with balsam poplar buds (Populus spp.) and used as a paint;
The bark contains tannin;
Wood - hard, strong, very heavy, very durable in the soil; The tree produces long straight knotless trunks and is a very important commercial crop in its native range; It is used for posts, cabinet making, construction, plywood etc; A very good fuel; | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | | Flower Color [2] | Red | | Foliage Color [2] | Yellow | | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | | Fall Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | Fruit Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | | Height [3] | 148 feet (45 m) | | Width [1] | 28 feet (8.4 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 2 Low Temperature: -50 F° (-45.6 C°) → -40 F° (-40 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Full Sun | | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [2] | Infertile | | Water Use [1] | Moderate |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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