Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Pinaceae | Larix decidua | European Larch | Forests. | Native of Europe. Planted as an ornamental and experimentally as a forest tree, persisting and sometimes escaping in the high mountains of NC. | |
Pinaceae | Larix kaempferi | Japanese Larch | Disturbed areas. | Native of Japan. | |
Pinaceae | Larix laricina | Eastern Larch, Eastern Tamarack, Akemantak | Bogs and swamps. | NL (Newfoundland), NL (Labrador), Keewatin, and AK, south to MD (Garrett County), WV (Preston and Randolph counties), OH, IN, IL, MN, and BC. A single tree of unknown provenance is at the Beech Gap Overlook (milepost 423.3, Transylvania County, NC) on the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
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