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Larix decidua European larch
European larch in l'A Bran, (1798 m) Val d'Annivier.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
(unranked):	Gymnosperms
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Pinaceae
Genus:	Larix
Species:	L. decidua
Binomial name
Larix decidua Mill.
Distribution:   Larix decidua subsp. decidua   Larix decidua subsp. carpatica   Larix decidua subsp. polonica
Synonyms
List Abies larix (L.) J.St.-Hil. Larix caducifolia Gilib. Larix europaea DC. Larix excelsa Link Larix gracilis A.Dietr. Larix larix (L.) H.Karst. Larix pyramidalis Salisb. Larix sudetica Domin Larix vulgaris Fisch. ex Spach Peuce larix (L.) Rich. Picea larix (L.) Peterm. Pinus laeta Salisb. Pinus larix L.

Larix decidua, the European larch, is a species of larch 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. It is widely naturalized in Scandinavia. Its life span has been confirmed to be close to 1000 years (with claims of up to 2000 years) but is more often around 200 years. It is claimed that one of the larches planted by the second Duke of Atholl at Dunkeld in 1738 is still standing.