Dahurian Larch Seeds (Larix gmelinii)
- The World's Most Cold-Hardy Tree – Survives -70°C
- Deciduous Conifer with Spectacular Golden Fall Color
- Premium Durable Timber – Construction, Poles & Railway Ties
- Proven Germination with Cold Moist Stratification
Life Cycle Perennial (deciduous conifer)
Foliage Color Bright green (spring/summer), golden yellow (autumn)
Plant Height 30–40 m (100–130 ft) at maturity
Planting Season Fall (preferred) or spring
Fall Color Season Autumn (golden yellow)
Use Timber / Construction / Poles & railway ties / Plywood / Pulpwood / Tannin extract / Ornamental / Reforestation
Growing Conditions Full sun; moist, well-drained acidic to neutral soil (pH acidic–neutral); cold hardy to USDA Zone 1; prefers cool summers and cold winters; intolerant of hot, humid summers
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#Boreal Forest Tree Seeds
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Details
Trees to 35 m tall; trunk to 90 cm d.b.h.; bark gray to dark gray, longitudinally fissured, scaly; crown ovoid-conical; branchlets initially yellowish brown, aging gray-brown or gray, slender, ca. 1 mm in diam., glabrous or pubescent; short branchlets 2-4 mm in diam., yellowish hairy at apex; winter buds subglobose, scales dark brown. Leaves 1.5-3 cm × 0.7-1 mm, keeled abaxially. Seed cones purplish red, maturing yellow-brown or purplish brown, ovoid or ovoid-oblong, 1.2-4 × 1-3 cm. Seed scales 14-45, pentagonal-ovate, 1-1.5 × 0.8-1.2 cm at middle of cone, glabrous and glossy abaxially, margin truncate or emarginate toward apex. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 1/3-1/2 as long as seed scales, apex cuspidate. Seeds grayish with light brown spots, obliquely ovoid, ca. 10 mm including wing. Pollination May-Jun, seed maturity Sep.
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