Olga Bay larch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Larix
Species:
L. gmelinii
Variety:
L. g. var. olgensis
Trinomial name
Larix gmelinii var. olgensis
(A.Henry) Ostenf. & Syrach[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Larix amurensis Kolesn. ex Dylis
  • Larix gmelinii subsp. olgensis (A.Henry) A.E.Murray
  • Larix lubarskii Sukaczev
  • Larix olgensis A.Henry
  • Larix olgensis var. amurensis (Kolesn. ex Dylis) Kitag.

Larix gmelinii var. olgensis, synonym Larix olgensis,[1] the Olga Bay larch or Olgan larch, is a variety of larch.[2][3] The variety is named after Olga Bay in the Sea of Japan. The common name in Japanese language is 満洲唐松 (Manshu'u Kara-matsu). The common name in Chinese is 黄花落叶松 (pinyin: huang hua luo ye song).[4] This variety occurs in Central Sikhote-Alin, and rarely occurs in North Korea, and Jilin and eastern Heilongjiang provinces of China, between 500 and 1100 metres in elevation.[5][4]

This deciduous coniferous tree grows to 25–30 meters tall with a trunk reaching a meter in diameter at breast high, with gray to gray-brown bark with flaking and scaly fissured bark. Its leaves are needle-like, dark-green, 1.5–3 cm long and 1 cm wide. The reddish purple or violet cones mature to light brown, sometimes tinged with purple, and range from 18 to 25 mm long. Pollination occurs in May with seeds maturing in September-October. It grows in mountains and on moist slopes and in swamps. The timber has many uses in construction and for wood fiber. The trunk is used to produce resin while the bark is used for tannins.[4]

Sources

  • EN.Jiří Kolbek, Miroslav Šrůtek, Elgene Owen. Forest Vegetation of Northeast Asia. #Larix olgensis p. 196
  • RU.Усенко Н. В.. Деревья, кустарники и лианы Дальнего Востока. Хабаровск: Книжное издательство, 1984

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Larix gmelinii var. olgensis (A.Henry) Ostenf. & Syrach". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Larix olgensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. ↑ NCBI. Larix gmelinii var. olgensis
  4. 1 2 3 "Larix olgensis in Flora of China @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  5. ↑ Larix Olgensis


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