Larix kaempferi

Pinaceae Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carrière

Etymology
Larix refers to the Latin name for larches.
kaempferi refers to the German botanist E. Kaempfer, who illustrated it.

Colloquial Name
Japanese larch

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 38, JAP, JAP-HN

Habitat
The natural habitats for Larix kaempferi are temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 2900 up to 2900 metres. Other conifers associated with Larix kaempferi are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 4
Larix kaempferi is hardy to USDA Zone 4 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -34.4C (-30F) to 28.9C (-20F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Larix kaempferi is stable. There are no known threats for Larix kaempferi.

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Larix kaempferi has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Larix kaempferi is Sect. Larix. The coordinate taxa for Larix kaempferi are therefore:

Larix kaempferi is further placed under Laricoideae. Larix kaempferi is also placed under Pinaceae.

Cultivars
‘Aureovariegata’, ‘Bambino’, ‘Bedgebury WB’, ‘Blue Ball’, ‘Blue Dwarf’, ‘Blue Kroc’, ‘Blue Rabbit’, ‘Blue Rabbit Weeping’, ‘Blue Sparkler’, ‘Blue Weeping’, ‘Cruwys Morchard’, ‘Cupido’, ‘Deborah Waxman’, ‘Dervaes’, ‘Diana’, ‘Elizabeth Rehder’, ‘Fastigiata Jacobsen’, ‘Ganghoferi’, ‘Georgengarten’, ‘Grant Haddow’, ‘Green Globe’, ‘Green Pearl’, ‘Grey Pearl’, ‘Hanan’, ‘Hanna’s Broom’, ‘Haverbeck’, ‘Hevynek’, ‘Hobbit’, ‘Inversa’, ‘Jakobsen’s Hexenbesen’, ‘Jakobsen’s Pyramid’, ‘Kaskade’, ‘Kazbal’, ‘Little Blue Star’, ‘Lombarts’, ‘Madurodam’, ‘Mazanek’, ‘Nana’, ‘Nettebruch’, ‘Paper Lanterns’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Peve Tunnis’, ‘Prostrata’, ‘Schneverdingen’, ‘Stiff Weeper’, ‘Susterzeel’, ‘Tucek WB’, ‘Tunnis’, ‘Varley’, ‘Whelen’, ‘Wolterdingen’