Dunkeld larch Pinaceae Larix ×marschlinsii Coaz (kaempferi x decidua) Listen to the Latin   symbol: LAMA16
Other Fact Sheets
Leaf: Deciduous, appearing singly on new growth and in whorls on older growth, 1 to 1 1/4 inches long, green to glaucous blue-green in color and turning yellow in the fall.
Flower: Monoecious; males light yellow, small and round; females yellow to red, with long, curved scales.

Fruit: Cones are 1 to 1 1/2 inches long, almost round, cone scales somewhat reflexed, flower-like in appearance, borne upright on the twig, maturing fall to early winter.

Twig: Gray-brown, bearing rounded buds. Spur shoots present on older growth.

Bark: On young trees the bark is scaly and gray, later becoming furrowed with a reddish brown inner bark.

Form: Well formed, and fast growing, with a straight stem and pyramidal crown, to 120+ feet. Lateral branches commonly droop.
 
USDA Plants Database
Larix ×marschlinsii is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and is not known to widely escape cultivaton.

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