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Larix sibirica
A large, frost-hardy deciduous conifer from Siberia and Central Asia, grown for timber and as a forest tree. It needs full sun and cold winters, and it is not a houseplant.
Larix sibirica, the Siberian larch or Russian larch, is a frost-hardy tree native to western Russia, from close to the Finnish border east to the Yenisei valley in central Siberia, where it hybridises with the Dahurian larch L. gmelinii of eastern Siberia; the hybrid is known as Larix × czekanowskii. It is also native to parts of Central and Eastern Asia.
The Siberian larch is native to Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Western China, where it grows in temperate and tundra biomes. The species is particularly dominant in the Ural Mountains and throughout Mongolia, where it accounts for approximately 80% of the total forested area.
Because of its rot resistance, larch wood is especially valuable for posts, poles, railroad tie sleepers, and mine props.
European Larch · Dahurian Larch · Japanese Larch · Eastern Larch · Larch
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Larix sibirica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
