Larix decidua Mill.

Taxonomy: Fam. Pinaceae// Genus: Larix// Species: Larix decidua Mill.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Tutin et al. (1964).

Lifeform: Deciduous coniferous tree; Phanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from West and Central Europe to Italy, Southeast Europe and Ukraine according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Raab-Straube, 2014+) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Not native to the Osogovo region. Introduced- used for forestation.

Habitat: Coniferous plantations.

References:

Larix decidua Mill. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:262420-1 [Accessed 31.05.2022].

Larix decidua. Raab-Straube, E. von (2014+): Gymnospermae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/532ff1b0-6cfa-41f5-81d9-ecf7433a67ba [Accessed 31.05.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M., & Webb, D.A. (1964). Flora Europaea. Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.