Common Name:
Larch
About 12-15 species of deciduous coniferous trees with spreading or pendulous branches. Leaves, needle-like, soft, thin, spiraling and widely spaced on long shoots, in dense clusters on short shoots. Female cones erect, ripening is about 6 months, green, red, or purple, than brown. Native to the Northern Hemisphere.
Larix: the classical Latin name.
Pronunciation:
LAR-iks
Family:
Pinaceae