Larix Larix, Miller
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Plazi |
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Larix Larix |
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2. L. decidua Miller View in CoL , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 1 (1768)
( L. europaea DC. ).
Up to 35 m. Twigs yellowish, glabrous. Leaves 20- 30 mm, thin and soft, with two greenish stomatiferous bands beneath. Cones 2-3- 5 cm, ovoid; scales 40-50, rounded, loosely appressed, softly pubescent. Alps; W. Carpathians; planted elsewhere for timber. Au Cz Ga Ge He It [Be Br Fe Ju No Rs (B) Su].
Plants with smaller cones and more concave, rounded scales, from Poland and N.W. Ukraine are sometimes regarded as a subspecies, L. decidua subsp. polonica (Racib.) Domin , Pl. Cechosl. Enum. 12 (1936) ( L. polonica Racib. ). Other variants have been described in detail by K. Siman in Klika et al., Jehlicnaté 95-126 (1953).
A hybrid of this species with 1 (L. x eurolepis A. Henry) is planted for timber in parts of Europe.
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