Does Larch Lose Its Leaves in Winter? Characteristics and Lumber Price Details

Larch is a type of pine in the gymnosperm group. Do you know why this kind of pine is called larch? Would you like to learn what kind of pine tree the larch is? Then let's take a look together.
The genus Larch consists entirely of deciduous trees. It is mainly distributed across the continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere. This genus is a shallow-rooted tree species that is cold-hardy, light-loving, and tolerant of drought and poor, thin soil. This larch does lose its leaves in winter, but the number of fallen leaves is not very large.

Plants of the genus Larix are deciduous trees in the pine family (Pinaceae), strongly light-loving, highly cold-tolerant, and fast-growing. Every species within the genus is a fast-growing, high-yield timber tree species. The wood is tough, fine-textured, and highly rot-resistant, and it is widely used in papermaking, construction, bridges, furniture, and more. Larch species are widely distributed in our country and are major tree species for forest regeneration and afforestation. Larch lumber is relatively expensive: for larch lumber measuring 4 m × 38 × 180 mm, the price is 1350.00~1400.00 yuan/m3.