Japanese larch (Larch) - Japanese larch (English spelling)

Japanese: カラマツ(落葉松∥唐松) - カラマツ（英語表記）Japanese larch

It has local names such as Fujimatsu (Fujimatsu) (illustration). It is a large deciduous tree of the pine family that grows in sunny areas in the highlands of Japan, and is beautiful both in its new green and yellow leaves. It is said that gardeners began calling it Karamatsu in the late Edo period because the shape of the new leaves resembles pines in Chinese paintings. It reaches a height of 30m, and the bark on the trunk is peeled off in dark brown scales. It has a conical shape, with several thick branches growing in whorls. There are long branches and short branches 3-4mm long, and the long branches have spiral-shaped, linear needles 1-3cm long, while the short branches have bundles of needles. Flowers bloom at the tops of 2-4 year old short branches at the same time as the new leaves appear in early spring.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

フジマツなどの地方名がある（イラスト）。日本の高地の日当りの良い土地に生えるマツ科の落葉大高木で，新緑，黄葉ともに美しい。新葉の形が唐絵のマツに似るので江戸末期に植木屋が唐松と呼び始めたという。高さ30mに達し，幹の樹皮は暗褐色のうろこ状にはげる。円錐形の樹形をなし，太枝は輪生状に数本ずつ出る。長枝と長さ3～4mmの短枝があり，長枝にはらせん状，短枝には束生状に長さ1～3cmの線形針葉をつける。早春新葉と同時に2～4年生の短枝頂に花を開く。

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