LON-CAPA Larix gmelinii var. japonica description

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Extremely rare dwarf form, Shikotan, Kurile Islands (Abies sakhalinensis in the background) [Vladimir Dinets] (3).

Larix gmelinii var. japonica (Regel) Pilger

Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Syn: L. dahurica var. japonica Maxim. ex Regel; L. kurilensis Mayr (1).

Description

See (1).

Range

Russia: Sakhalin and Kuril Islands [Iturup Island, also a few dwarf trees on Shikotan Island (2)] (1).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Farjon 1990.

(2) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 2-Jan-1998.

(3) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 1-Feb-2000.

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