Puget Sound Native Tree
Botanical Garden
Larix occidentalis
Larix occidentalis
Introduced CONIFERS
National Champions
Western Larch
Champion Tree Statistics
HEIGHT
DIAMETER
AGE
200'
5'
300-400
Typical Large Mature Tree Dimensions
Height
Diameter
180 FEET
3-4 FEET
200-300 YEARS
AGE
The Introduced CONIFERS
of the
Puget Sound Native Tree
Botanical Garden
Western Larch
Larix occidentalis
Introduced to the property in 2018. Growing one inch a year in a dry spot.
Larix occidentalis
Introduced CONIFERS
DOLPHIN PLACE Specimens
Western Larch
5 feet
1"
2016
HIEGHT
DIAMETER
YEAR AQUIRED
within 70 miles, E Cascades
Provenance
Needles
Pacific Larch (Western Larch) needles are soft, <
Cones
Pacific (Western) Larch cones start as small, erect, brightly colored (pink, purple, red) female cones in spring, developing into 1-2 inch ovoid-cylindrical structures with reddish-brown, papery scales and tiny whiskers (bracts) sticking out. They mature to brown, open to release seeds, and often stay on the tree for years, turning dull gray-black.
Bark
The bark of a Pacific Larch (Western Larch) starts thin and smooth, but with age, it becomes thick, deeply furrowed, and scaly, with a distinctive reddish-brown to cinnamon-brown color, often peeling in flat, elongated scales, giving it a robust, textured look similar to Ponderosa Pine but generally browner and more deeply fissured.
Larix occidentalis
Larix occidentalis