Please find a selection of published literature regarding exotic larches. These are not in any particular order.
Journal of Forestry
Reassessing the Potential of Exotic Larch – January 2020
LVES publications:
- Larch plantings at Viles Arboretum – LVES Note #1
- The Japanese larch plantation at University of Vermont’s Jericho Research Forest after 75 years- LVES Note #2
- Larch Trials and Measurements Collection – LVES Note #3
- Larch at Williamsburg Maine – Piscataquis County Demonstration Forest LVES Note #4 Rev June 1 2016
- Summary of Larch Studies with information available at University of Minnesota, LVES Note #5, October 2016
- Operational Larch Plantations in Pleasant Ridge, LVES # 6 September 2018
- Operational Larch Plantations in West Forks, LVES # 7 September 2018
- Measuring Young Larch Plantations in Upper Androscoggin Watershed, LVES Note #8 Aug 2016
- Forecasting Stand Value of Native, Exotic, and Hybrid Larch in Maine’s Stumpage Market, Anderson, LVES #9 Nov 2018
- Frenchtown European Larch Plantations, LVES Note #10, 14 Nov 2019
- 2020 Re-measurement of Exotic Larch at Viles Arboretum, LVES Note #11 May 2020
Posters
- New England SAF Larch Panel, March 2017
- NESAF_2017_Banner
- Hybrid Larch: A Proven Winner That Can Get even Better, Greenwood and Roth
- Exotic Larch Stand Table Projection, Maass
- Economic Valuation of Larch Plantations, Anderson
- Parker Lumber Photos, Parker and Irland
- Long Term Larch Research, Waskiewicz
Posters:
- Smoky Gold 3.0
- Exotic Larch: A Proven Winner, 2017 SAF National Convention presentation
- Growth and Yield of a Japanese Larch Plantation in Vermont
- High Yield Forestry-A New Look at Exotic and Hybrid Larch
- Maine Exotic Larch Plantations Exceed Expectations
- Carbon Forestry Options using Exotic Larches in Northern New England
- Exotic Larch at the Caroline A. Fox Forest, Hillsborough, NH
- Larch in Connecticut: a snapshot
General public information:
- Larch_Ireland brochure
- Exotic Larch: Not Your Grandfather’s Hackmatack
- Larch Plantations in Southern New England Curiosity or Opportunity? Connecticut Woodlands, Summer 2016
Symposia:
Literature reviews:
- The Potential for Larch in Nova Scotia – A Literature Review
- 2003 larch bibliography by USFS
- Larch Wood – literature review, 2007
Dendrobiology:
Genetics and Tree Improvement:
- Near rotation-length performance of selected larch in central Maine
- The History of the Dunkeld Hybrid Larch With Notes on Other Hybrid Conifers
- A novel approach for the operational production of hybrid larch seeds under northern climatic conditions
- A Strategy for the Second Breeding Cycle of Larix x marshlinii in Quebec, Canada Including Experiments to Guide Interspecific Tree Breding Programme
- Economic Analysis of Tree Improvement for Western Larch, JoF, 1984
- Regeneration of Plants from Protoplast of Larix Species (Larch)
- Selection Perspectives in Genetic Improvement of Wood Stiffness in hybrid larch (Larix x eurolepis Henry)
- Hybrid Vigor in Larix_Growth of Intra and Interspecific Hybrids of Larix decidua, L. laricina and L. kaempferi after 5 years
- Variation in lateral shoot elongation paterns and hybrid vigor and hybrid vigor in full-sib families and interspecific hybrids of larch
- Contribution to Breeding of Hybrid Larch
Management:
- Current trends in management practices for European larch in North America
- Adaption of Forest Management Regimes in Southern Sweden to Increased Risks Associated with Climate Change
Growth and yield:
- Growth and Yield of Hybrid Larch (Larix x eurolepis A Henry) in Southern Sweden
- Site Index Curves for Young Hybrid Larch Growing on Former Farmland in Sweden
- The advantages of hybrid over European and Japanese larch
- Stocking Guide for European Larch in Eastern North America
- Relation of Height Growth of Larch Seedlings and Weather Conditions
- Performance of Japanese and Hybrid Larch Progenies in Pennsylvania
- Observations of Plantations of Dunkeld Hybrid Larch in New York
- Larch Plantation Management in the Northeast
- Larch – A Fast Growing Species of the Lake States and the Northeast
- Juvenile Performance of Exotic Larches in Wisconsin
- Forest Plantings on a Wet Site in Michigan
- Stem Volume and Site Index Equations for European Larch in Maine
- Aspects of Hybrid Larch as a Potential Tree Species for Southern Sweden
- A Comparison of Productivity and Related Traits for European Larch and Red Pine Across Site Quality Gradient in the Great Lakes Region
- Regional Stem Taper Equations for Eleven Conifer Species in the Acadian Region of North America: Development and Assessment
Insects and diseases:
- Variation in the decay resistance of larch to fungi
- Insects of Eastern Larch, Cedar and Juniper
- Larch Sawfly Defoliation of Western and Exotic Larch Plantations
Soils-site relationships:
- Soil-site Relationships of European Larch (Larix decidua Miller) Plantations in Maine
- A Comparison of Productivity and Related Traits for European Larch and Red Pine Across Site Quality Gradient in the Great Lakes Region
Wood properties:
- 1986 Larch Workshop – Wood Supply Implications of a Larch Reforestation Program
- Heartwood extractives in larch and effects on X-ray densitometry
- Heartwood extractives and lignin content of different larch species (Larix sp.) and relationships to brown-rot decay-resistance
- Genetic variation of wood stiffness and strength properties of hybrid larch (Larix gmelinii var japonica x l. kaempferi)
- Genetic control of intra-ring wood density variation in hybrid larch (Larix gmelinii var japonica x l. kaempferi) F1
- Distribution of heartwood extractives in hybrid larches and in their related European and Japanese parents-relantionship with wood colour parameters
- Basic wood properties of European larch from fast-growth plantations in eastern Canada
- Colour of larch heartwood and relalationships to extractives and brown-rot decay resistance
- Selection perspectives for genetic improvement of wood stiffness in hybrid larch (Larix x eurolepis Henry)
- Larch as a Source of Kraft Pulp, IPC #3409 -3
- Wood properties of exotic larch grown in eastern Canada and north-eastern United States
- Wood Properties, IPC #3409 – 8
- Wood Quality and Pulping, IPC #3409 -1
- Wood Quality and Pulping, IPC #3409 -2