could the cones be: 1st cone - Larix decidua 2nd cone - Larix x eurolepis 3rd cone - Pinus halepensis
2. is from the Fabaceae; whether it's peas or beans remains to be seen. I'd let it form pods and see what they most closely resemble.
Yep, correct on the cones, except that the correct name for #2 is Larix × marschlinsii, the name L. × eurolepis is a later synonym. Flower #2 is Lotus corniculatus or some other closely related species in that genus.
oh, thanks for pointing that out!!!! I've heard of Larix × marschlinsii before but never really knew which is the correct one. btw, I have that tree guide by Johnson & More where it's named Larix × eurolepis... oh well...
I looked at Johnson & More a while back and was sufficiently disappointed with it not to bother getting it - that might have been one of the things that influenced me! The relevant paper was published in 1983 (de Candolle & Burdet, The Correct Name of the Dunkeld, or Hybrid, Larch, IDS Yearbook 1982: 67-68), so they ought really to have had this right.
can you tell who came up with L. x eurolepis and when? and why is it an improper name? is there a source on the internet where I can read IDS Yearbook 1982: 67-68?
Hi Lettuce, Larix × marschlinsii Coaz, Schweiz. Z. Forstwesen 68: 1-14 (1917). Larix × eurolepis A.Henry, Irish Times 29 June 1919, & Gard. Chron. ser.3, 66: 3-4 (1919). It is improper as it is not the oldest validly published name, with Coaz' name being 2 years older. A number of texts incorrectly claim that Larix × marschlinsii is a hybrid L. sibirica × L. kaempferi; however, de Candolle & Burdet state that Coaz clearly indicated the parentage of his hybrid to be L. decidua × L. kaempferi. Sorry, de Candolle & Burdet's paper is not available online. I can scan it for you if you would like a copy; send me an e-mail via my member page (click on 'Michael F' top left of this post).
