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Champion Information:
Height (Ft): 103
Circumference (In): 269
Average Crown Spread (Ft): 30
Total Points: 379
Nominator Name: Roger Goodman
Location: Wallowa County, Located on west side of Trail # 1885 about 1 mile up Cliff Creek from the South fork of the Imnaha River in the Eagle Cap Wilderness.
Species Information:
Trees to 50m; trunk to 2m diam., usually (when forest grown) branch-free over most of height; crown short, conic. Bark reddish brown, scaly, with deep furrows between flat, flaky, cinnamon-colored plates. Branches horizontal, occasionally drooping in lower crown of open-grown trees; twigs orange-brown, initially pubescent, becoming glabrous or very sparsely pubescent during first year.
Mountain valleys and lower slopes; 500--1600m; B.C.; Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.
Western larch, when forest grown, is usually branch-free over most of its height. This is one of the most valuable timber-producing species in western North America. Its wood is made into framing, railway ties, pilings, exterior and interior finishing work, and pulp. In some localities it is the preferred firewood.
From Flora of North America: www.efloras.org
