GIS Coordinate:
N40 21.018 W94 52.875
Trail Number:
G29
Family:
Pinaceae
Foliage:
Leaves 1-2 inches long, needle-like, sometimes with 40 or more located on short spurs, deciduous. Yellow fall color
Native Locale:
Northern and central Europe
Mature Height:
70 to 75 feet
Mature Width:
25 to 30 feet
Hardiness Zones:
Zone 3a to 6
Soil Preference:
Prefers moisture, well- drained shallow, chalky soils
Growth Habit:
Pyramidal, with horizontal branches and drooping branchlets, slender and supple in youth but irregular and lacking in dignity with age
Rate of Growth:
Medium to Fast, 2 1/2' a year in youth, slowing with time
Disease and Insect:
Larch case- bearer, cankers, leaf cast, needle rusts, wood decay, larch sawfly, woolly larch aphid, gypsy moth, tussock moth, Japanese beetle
Landscape Value:
n/a
Additional Notes:
