Mary Allen
Larches sune conifers waɗanda ke jure sanyi mai yawa. Akwai nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan guda goma waɗanda tare suka zama jinsin halitta. Suna da alaƙa kusa da pine. A Turai, kawai larch na Turai ke tsiro a cikin tsaunuka, watau a cikin Alps da Carpathians. Mutane a Sweden da Finland sun girma Siberian larch don amfani da itace.
Larches suna da sauƙin ganewa ta abin da ke faruwa da allura: suna juya launin ruwan zinari a cikin kaka sannan su fadi. Don haka gandun daji na Larch suna jan hankalin masu yawon bude ido da yawa, misali a Engadin ko Valais a Switzerland.
Mazugi ko namiji ne ko mace. Suna tsaye tsaye a ƙarshen rassan. Tsawon tsaba kusan rabin santimita ne kawai a girman kuma suna da fikafi wanda ya ɗan fi tsayi. Tare da wannan, tsaba suna tashi da nisa daga gangar jikin domin larch zai iya yaduwa da kyau.
Itacen larch shine itace mai laushi mafi nauyi kuma mafi wuya. Ana yin ƙofofi, firam ɗin tagogi, benaye, murfin bango, matakala, da sauransu daga itacen larch. Hakanan ya dace da bango ko ɗaki. Amma kuna buƙatarsa don gadoji, jiragen ruwa, da sauran abubuwa da yawa.