Larix kaempferi (Lambert 1824) Carrière 1856 (Family Pinaceae)
Tree |
Bark |
Leaves |
Male Flower |
Female Flower |
Fruit |
Height: <40 m, Age: <500 yr
Ectomycorrhizal
Monoecious, Flowering March - April
(Earliest: 23.3)
Protective Chemicals |
Monoterpenoids |
Cadinene, Camphene, Pinene |
Diterpenoids |
Abietadiene, Abietane, Labdane, Pimarane |
Triterpenoids |
Friedelin, Methylenecycloartanone, Methylenecycloartanol |
Flavonoids |
Catechin, Epicatechin |
Other Phenolics |
Ferulic & Hydroxybenzoic Acids, Picein, Rheosmin, Tannins |
Other Acids |
Larixinic |
Biotopes: |
Spruce Forest |
Pollination: |
Wind |
Mycorrhizae: |
Several Boletaceae |
Several Suillaceae |
Gomphidius maculatus |
Paxillus involutus |
|
Chroogomphus rutilus |
Scleroderma citrinum |
Several Amanitaceae |
Many Inocybaceae |
|
Hebeloma crustuliniforme |
Hebeloma mesophaeum |
Cortinarius camphoratus |
Tricholoma virgatum |
|
Hygrophorus lucorum |
Entoloma vernum |
Many Russulaceae |
Clavulina coralloides |
Parasites: |
Melampsora epitea |
Phlebia pallidolivens |
Heterobasidion annosum |
Phaeolus schweinitzii |
|
Armillaria ostoyae |
Herbivores: |
Many Geometridae |
Several Noctuidae |
Many Tortricidae |
Sphinx pinastri |
|
Dioryctria abietella Larva |
Teleiodes saltuum Larva |
Coleophora laricella |
Pristiphora laricis Larva |
|
Several Curculionidae |
Cryptocephalus pini |
Sapivores: |
Several Miridae |
Troilus luridus |
Xylophages: |
Several Curculionidae |
Molorchus minor Larva (Wood Borer) |
Obrium brunneum Larva (Wood Borer) |
Anthaxia quadripunctata Larva (Wood Borer) |
Florivores: |
Eupithecia indigata Larva |
Granivores: |
Loxia curvirostra |
Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
Gastrodes grossipes |
Bark Inhabitants: |
Cladonia coniocraea |
Physcia tenella |
Lecanora conizaeoides |
Wood Decomposers: |
Armillaria ostoyae |
Hypholoma capnoides |
Pholiota scamba |
Panellus mitis |
|
Pleurocybella porrigens |
Heterobasidion annosum |
Stereum sanguinolentum |
Tapinella atrotomentosa |
|
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum |
Trichaptum abietinum |
Exidia saccharina |
Tubulicrinis subulatus |
|
Tremella encephala |
Several Fomitopsidaceae |
Xenasmatella vaga |
Pezicula livida |
|
Several Cerambycidae Larvae |
Several Curculionidae |
Urocerus gigas Larva |
Gymnosperm Generalists |
Needle Decomposers: |
Hemimycena lactea |
Gymnosperm Generalists |
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