 Best Sellers Dahurian Larch Larix gmelinii - Larix dahurica Detailed Listing For Botanical Name: Larix gmelinii Common Name: Dahurian Larch Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 39 Germination Test Type:  Cut (Full Seed) Minimum Hardiness Zone: 1 Harvest hemisphere: Northern In Stock: 0.99 lb Prices Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are: 1 packet (~ 39 seeds) $4.95 10 gram (~ 2394 seeds) $14.50 1 oz (~ 6788 seeds) $28.95 | | | Growing Info, follow in order: Scarification: none required. Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours. Stratification: cold stratify for 30 -60days. Germination: sow seed 1/4" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed. Other: fall sowing in mulched beds is prefered. | In a Nutshell: * Olga Bay larch or Olgan larch (Larix olgensis) is a species of larch. It is named after Olga Bay in the Sea of Japan.
The distribution of the species includes Central Sikhote-Alin, rarely in North Korea and Heilongjiang, between 500 and 1100 meters in altitude. * Larix gmelinii, known as Dahurian larch, is a species of larch native to eastern Siberia and adjacent northeastern Mongolia, northeastern China (Heilongjiang) and North Korea. * It's a deciduous coniferous tree, growing to 25–30 meters tall. Its leaves are needle-like, dark-green, 2–3 centimeters long with cones from 18 to 25 millimeters in length.2 more... * Larix gmelinii is a medium-sized deciduous coniferous tree reaching 10-30 m tall, rarely 40 m, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. The crown is broad conic, both the main branches and the side branches are level, the side branches only rarely drooping. The shoots are dimorphic, with growth divided into long shoots (typically 5-30 cm long) and bearing several buds, and short shoots only 1-2 mm long with only a single bud. The leaves are needle-like, light green, 2-3 cm long, they turn bright yellow to orange before they fall in the autumn, leaving the variably downy reddish-brown shoots bare until the next spring. * The timber is used for construction, poles, vehicles, pit props, railway sleepers, and wood fiber. The trunk is used for producing resin and the bark for tannins. The species is also cultivated for afforestation and as an ornamental. more... * Resin is extracted by tapping the trunk. It is obtained from near the centre of the trunk, one properly made borehole can be used for 20 - 30 years. The resin has a wide range of uses including wood preservatives, medicinal etc. more... * Larix gmelinii forms enormous forests in the eastern Siberian taiga, growing at 50-1,200 m altitude on both boggy and well-drained soils, including on the shallow soils above permafrost. It is unique in two respects, being the northernmost tree in the world, reaching 73° 04' 32" N 102° 00' 00" E as creeping forms of the trees in the tundra of the Taymyr Peninsula, 72° 56' N 106° 08' E as comparatively vertical growing single trees, 72° 31' N 105° 03' E at Lukunsky grove and 72° 28' N 102° 15' E at Ary-Mas as the subtundra sparse forests which are situated both in the Taymyr Peninsula, Khatanga river basin, and also the most cold-hardy tree in the world, tolerating temperatures below -70 °C in the Oymyakon–Verkhoyansk region of Yakutia. One tree in Yakutia was recorded as being 919 years old. more... |
Physical Characteristics  Larix gmelinii is a deciduous Tree growing to 30 m (98ft 5in) at a slow rate. It is hardy to zone 1 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen in October. The flowers are monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant) and are pollinated by Wind. The plant prefers light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils, requires well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils..It cannot grow in the shade.It requires moist soil.The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure. |
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