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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) Nov 09, 2006

I am clue-less when it comes to larches. Can anyone tell me which species this is? Thanks.

Scott

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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) Nov 09, 2006

Foliage.

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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) Nov 09, 2006

Cones.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Nov 09, 2006

Looks like a regular hack to me. Eastern Larch, Larix laricina. I've never seen one out in the open like that, it's nice.

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Nov 09, 2006

Another hauty harlot, flauting full fall regalia, being ogled by the tawdry Taxodium across the street.

I think it's the European damsel, Larix decidua, getting ready to dress down for winter.

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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) Nov 09, 2006

Yeah, those Taxodium were giving me the creeps.

Scott

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Nov 09, 2006

Looks a bit of an odd one, it could be a hybrid (not difficult, as larches hybridise freely).

The cone seems to show characters of both L. decidua (the size and stoutness of the scales) and L. gmelinii (the bilobed scales is not uniquely an L. gmelinii character, but it is shown more strongly by this than by other larches).

The pendulous branchlets points to L. decidua, but the shoot colour doesn't look pale enough for pure L. decidua (should be straw-yellow; anything pinkish- or orange- toned indicates genes from one of the northeast Asian larches).

Photos of Larix cones:
http://www.pinetum.org/cones/LAcones.htm

Resin

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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) Nov 09, 2006

Thanks for the assist, all. Since it was unlabeled at Dawes, and identification here uncertain, I'll just enjoy it as a Larix spp. Certainly beautiful.

Scott

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