Deciduous Charm Conifer by NatureLARCH

摘要

The common larch or alpine larch, Larix decidua, is a conifer belonging to the large family of Pinaceae, native of the mountains of central Europe and widespread across the Alps and Carpathian Mountains. The feature that distinguishes it from most other conifers is that it totally loses its needlelike foliage in winter. Even the inexperienced observer can identify at first sight the larch among a mountain forest in its wintry dress. The leaves of the larch are needle-like, tender, 2-3 cm long, distributed in clusters of20-30 needles, arranged on short branches called brachyblasts. The needles are green emerald in March, and become darker green with the advance of the season and then transform into a beautiful golden yellow in autumn before falling.