- AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION
- FEIS ABBREVIATION
- SYNONYMS
- NRCS PLANT CODE
- COMMON NAMES
- TAXONOMY
- LIFE FORM
- FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS
- OTHER STATUS
SPECIES: Larix occidentalis
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| Photo courtesy of RMRS | Photo by Rick Wallace |
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:
Scher, Janette S. 2002. Larix occidentalis.
In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online].
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer).
Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ [].
FEIS ABBREVIATION:
LAROCC
SYNONYMS:
none
NRCS PLANT CODE [154]:
LAOC
COMMON NAMES:
western larch
hackmatack
western tamarack
TAXONOMY:
The currently accepted scientific name for western larch is Larix
occidentalis Nutt. (Pinaceae) [50,76,154].
Natural hybridization of western larch and alpine larch (Larix lyallii) has
been documented in the Carlton Ridge Research Natural Area and in the
Cabinet Mountains and Bitterroot Range of Montana, where the species are
sympatric. Usually, however, western larch and alpine larch are isolated by
elevation [26,27,31]. Carlson and Ballinger [28] reported that 1st generation western larch-alpine
larch crosses are viable. Carlson and others' [27] literature review reported successful crosses
of western larch with European larch (L. decidua) and with Japanese larch
(L. kaempteri).
LIFE FORM:
Tree
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:
No special status
OTHER STATUS:
No entry