Sikkim larch

It is a medium-sized deciduous coniferous tree reaching 20-25 m tall, with a trunk up to 0.8 m diameter. The crown is slender conic; the main branches are level to upswept, the side branchlets pendulous from them. The shoots are dimorphic, with growth divided into long shoots and bearing several buds, and short shoots only 1-2 mm long with only a single bud. The leaves are needle-like, light glaucous green, 2-4 cm long; they turn bright yellow to orange before they fall in the autumn, leaving the pale yellow-brown shoots bare until the next spring.

Aspects of the topic Larix griffithii are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Assorted References * description (in larch (tree)) ...of about 10 to 12 species of coniferous trees constituting the genus Larix of the family Pinaceae, native to cool temperate and sub-Arctic parts of the Northern Hemisphere. One species, Larix griffithii, is found only in the Himalayas. More

Sikkim Larch ( Larix griffithii) is a species of Larch, native to the eastern Himalaya in eastern Nepal, Sikkim, western L. griffithiana) Himalayan Larch. Mountains of eastern Himalaya North American * Larix laricina Tamarack Larch or American Larch. More