The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Larix mastersiana
Also called Masters' Larch, Masters larch
Larix mastersiana is a species of larch in the family Pinaceae. It is found only in western China in west-central Sichuan around Guanxian (now Dujiangyan City) west of the Min River, where it grows at 2,000–3,500 metres altitude. It is threatened by timber harvest and habitat loss. It is a deciduous coniferous tree growing to 20–25 metres tall, with yellow-brown bark on young trees, becoming grey on older trees. The leaves are 12–35 mm (mostly 20–30 mm) long. The cones are 2.5–4.5 cm long, with exserted bracts.
Its status as a distinct species has recently been questioned, as it is genetically nested within the very similar Larix potaninii which occurs in the same area; it may be better treated as a synonym of that species, or a variety of it.
European Larch · Larix gmelinii var. principis-rupprechtii · Dahurian Larch · Sikkim Larch · Langtang Larch · Japanese Larch · Eastern Larch · Subalpine Larch · Western larch · Larix gmelinii var. olgensis · Chinese Larch · Siberian Larch
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Larix mastersiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
