Mélèze in French
Also known as American Larch
Medium size tree
Adapts well where winters are long and cold
Root system is shallow and taproots rare
Needles turn yellow in the fall, then drop when the weather gets colder
Prefers full sun and intolerant of full shade
In my garden, rescued when small and struggling in a dry field and replanted next to a mature specimen near a spring creek.
Now both are thriving in our Canadian zone 4b mountain ecosystem.
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