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Larix sibirica, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#123 most planted

Larix sibirica

Siberian larch · also Russian larch

ConiferDeciduous
16,692
trees mapped
0.16%
of all named trees
7
cities
3.5 in
median trunk (9 cm, 16,521 measured)
11 yr
median age (33% have a planting date)

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The Siberian Larch is a frost-hardy, deciduous conifer native to Western Russia and Central Siberia. It forms a conifer-shaped tree and is tolerant of harsh climates.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Edmonton · Canada
    8,43311 yr5.1 in
  2. Calgary · Canada
    7,401—2.4 in
  3. Lethbridge · Canada
    3699.8 yr3.9 in
  4. Winnipeg · Canada
    270—2.4 in
  5. Helsinki · Finland
    195—16 in
  6. Boston · United States
    1911 yr41 in
  7. Denver · United States
    5—3.0 in

Traits

Form
Conifer
Foliage
Deciduous

Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.5 in, mean 4.8 in, 90th percentile 9.8 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Boreal Forests/Taiga

  • East Siberian taiga
  • West Siberian taiga

Other Larix in the catalogue

9 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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