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  Larch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae.
Larches are among the dominant plants in the immense boreal forests of Russia and Canada.
Larch cones are erect, small, 1-9 cm long, green or purple, ripening brown 5-8 months after pollination; in about half the species the bract scales are long and visible, and in the others, short and hidden between the seed scales.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Larch   (470 words)

  
 Larch
Larches are deciduous coniferous trees in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae.
x eurolepis, an illegitimate name), the Dunkeld Larch, which arose more or less simultanously in Switzerland and Scotland when L.
The Larch is also the title of a well-known Monty Python sketch.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/la/larch.html   (193 words)

  
 The Potential Degradation of Soil Fertility in Pure Larch Plantations in the North-Eastern Part of China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Potential soil degradation was found first generation Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii (Rupr) Rupr.) plantations in northern China and also in plantations of other larch species such as Larix olgensis and Larix leptolepis is the same area.
Soil degradation in pure larch plantations was exacerbated in the second rotation under continuous cropping and was accompanied by obvious concomitant decrease in tree growth.
A study on nutrient cycling revealed that poor quality of the larch litter, which decomposed very slowly, was a key factor leading to soil degradation and decline in tree growth in pure larch plantations.
www.metla.fi /iufro/iufro95abs/d1pap25.htm   (405 words)

  
 Larch at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Larch is a multi-site project exploring methods, languages, and tools for the practical use of formal...
A very brief summary of the Larch approach to specification is included at the end of this home page...
Perhaps the best word to describe the larch is lonely, because it leads a solitary life, with no...
www.springknow.com /Larch.html   (404 words)

  
 botany/larix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
DESCRIPTION: Larix, also known as the Larch, Tamarack or Hackmatack, is a coniferous (cone-bearing) tree, which lose their needles in autumn.
The Larches grow in northern regions, or at high altitudes in the mountainous parts of temperate countries.
The Larches wood is very strong, hard and durable in contact with soil and water and has been used for making posts and small boats.
www.botany.com /larix.html   (385 words)

  
 Trees of the World Boreal Forests - Larix gmelinii - Dahurian Larch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It can form a broad, cone-shaped crown or it can be irregular to almost shrubby; growing to an average height of 18 m.
Larches are unusual in that they are conifers that lose their leaves in the fall.
Larches are often the last tree to color in the fall.
www.borealforest.org /world/trees/dahurian_larch.htm   (119 words)

  
 Butterflies of the Argun' River basin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The dominant tree species, the Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr.), is everywhere mixed with the silver birch (Betula pendula Roth., =Betula verrucsa Ehrh., =Betula platyphylla Sukaczev) in different proportion, the latter sometimes even excluds the larch.
In the northern areas of the region the Dahurian birch grows by small groves on ledges and small gullies on open southern slopes and is admixed to the silver birch and larch on gentle places.
In the Argun' basin the species was found in mixed forests with participation of the Mongolian oak south of the Budyumkan River and at willow patches in the Gazimur lower flow floodland at the village Kurleya.
ecoclub.nsu.ru /photos/kosterin/argune.htm   (8993 words)

  
 Chita --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Most of the oblast is in coniferous forest, chiefly of Dahurian larch; in southern depressions there is forest-steppe…
Most of the oblast is in coniferous forest, chiefly of Dahurian larch; in southern depressions there is...
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www.britannica.com /eb/article-9082209   (542 words)

  
 Tree Ring Laboratory Home Page
These include deciduous Dahurian larch chronologies, and an evergreen Siberian spruce site.
A photo of a Dahurian larch cross section that was preserved in permafrost shows how slowly trees grow in this extreme northern environment.
Currently we have a series composed of living and relict Dahurian larch which extends back to 1130 AD, and are still trying to incorporate more subfossil and submerged samples.
www.ldeo.columbia.edu /res/fac/trl/research/Siberia/Stidbits.html   (198 words)

  
 Online PDF publication files for Rakesh Gupta
Mechanical Stress Grading of Dahurian Larch Structural Lumber
Moisture Meter Correction Factors for Dahurian Larch from the Russian Far East
General Physical Characteristics of Dyhurian Larch (Larix Dahurica) from the Russian Far East
www.cof.orst.edu /cof/woodengineering/Guptaa/RG_PDF.HTM   (326 words)

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