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Larix occidentalis

Oregon larch

Other common names
western larch
western tamarack

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Botanical details
Family
Pinaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Larix

Genus description

Larix are deciduous trees of conical habit, with good autumn colour from the soft, needle-like leaves which are borne in whorls on spur-like lateral shoots and spirally arranged on young growth; small ovoid cones persist on the branches

Name status

Correct

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