European Larch                LAR-iks de-SID-u-a

• Deciduous conifer, 30-60(100) ft, [(9-18(30) m], pyramidal, drooping branches, note brown or black "bumps" (spurs, short shoots) on some branches (compare to Larix occidentalis, Western Larch).   Clusters of 30-40 leaves (needles) arise from each spur, 1.3-4 cm long.  May turn a rich yellow color in fall.  Cones narrowly ovate, 2.5-4 cm long, 40-50 seed scales, upright, light brown.
• Sun.  Readily transplanted when dormant.  Best with sufficient moisture, well-drained and sunny conditions.  Does not grow well in very dry or wet soils.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 2     Native to northern and central Europe.  A few selections or cultivars are available, including a pendulus form Larix decidua  'Pendula'.  Jacobson (1996) however states that the "mass-produced clone so sold in recent years is L. kaemferi 'Pendula'. decidua: deciduous.
• Corvallis: Central Park, east "lawn circle".