Pinaceae
Japanese larch
Larix kaempferi
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Larix
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Common names
By language (12)
- Asturian
- Alerce xaponés
- Basque
- Japoniar alertze
- Dutch
- Goudlariks, Japanse larix, Japanse lork
- English
- Japanese larch
- Estonian
- Eurojaapani lehis, Eurojaapani lehised
- French
- Meleze du Japon
- Japanese
- アカミカラマツ, シダレカラマツ, フジマツ, ラクヨウショウ, 唐松, 落葉松
- Korean
- 낙엽송
- Lithuanian
- Japoniškasis maumedis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Japansk lerk
- Spanish
- Alerce del Japon, Alerce del Japón, Alerce japones, Alerce japonés
- Ukrainian
- Модрина японська
Synonyms
- Abies kaempferi (Lamb.) Lindl.
- Abies leptolepis Siebold & Zucc.
- Laricopsis kaempferi (Lamb.) Kent
- Larix japonica hort. ex Carrière
- Larix japonica A.Murray bis
- Larix kaempferi f. pendula Yonek.
- Larix kaempferi f. rubescens (Inokuma) T.Shimizu
- Larix kaempferi var. pendula C.K.Schneid.
- Larix kaempferi var. rubescens Inokuma
- Larix leptolepis (Siebold & Zucc.) Gordon
- Larix leptolepis f. minor (A.Murray bis) Rehder
- Larix leptolepis f. pendula (Beissn.) Sugim.
- Larix leptolepis var. louchanensis Ferré & Augère
- Larix leptolepis var. minor A.Murray bis
- Larix leptolepis var. murrayana Maxim.
- Larix orientalis Thunb.
- Pinus japonica Thunb.
- Pinus kaempferi Lamb.
- Pinus larix Thunb.
- Pinus leptolepis (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl.
- Pinus nummularia Gordon
- Pseudolarix kaempferi (Lamb.) Gordon & Glend.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tanaka Juuyoh, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jannik Stokholm, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 御粥, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aaron Wallace, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 御粥, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Richard Littauer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoshihiro Tokue, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: belvedere04, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.