For years, the European Larch on the University of Iowa Pentacrest provided shade and a place for children to play on its unique low-hanging branches. When winds from a thunderstorm claimed the ...

In the fury of a vicious thunderstorm late Monday night, the European larch on the University of Iowa Pentacrest, adored by Hawkeyes for years, fell to the ground. The tree, which was at least 50 ...

European larch can grow to be anywhere from 30 to 130 feet tall in North America, but has been found naturally to grow up to 177 feet in the Alps. Most individuals live for 100-150 years, but in the ...

The 11/2-inch cones can persist during the winter, which seems odd when you don’t see any needles on the tree. Cones are softly hairy on the back of the European larch and smooth on the American ...

The oldest larch in Europe, recorded in 1955, was 652 years old. Where they are growing truly wild, as distinct from semi-naturalised, larches seldom grow as pure woods and, ...