We are in the process of updating our interactive GIS database with information for all our Dedicated Tree Honorees. For now, you can visit recent Tributees' pages using the links below.
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We are in the process of updating our interactive GIS database with information for all our Dedicated Tree Honorees. For now, you can visit recent Tributees' pages using the links below.
2023 Tributees
2022 Tributees
2021 Tributees
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Infradivision Gymnospermae
Family Name Pinaceae / Pinus
Botanical Name Larix decidua
Common Names European larch / common larch
Native Continents Europe
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Native Range Native to the mountains of central Europe, in the Alps and Carpathian Mountains as well as the Pyrenees, with disjunct lowland populations in northern Poland and southern Lithuania.
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Fascinating Facts: This deciduous conifer, dropping all its 鈥渓eaves鈥 each fall, is found in the mountains of central Europe. It forms extensive forests at high altitudes up to 8,000 feet and surviving at -50 F.