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<p>Larches are <a href="/facts/Deciduous/7jQHVtdd">deciduous</a> <a href="/facts/Conifer/vDUgqxCx">conifers</a> in the genus <i>Larix</i>, of the family <a href="/facts/Pinaceae/Ry0GUN97">Pinaceae</a> (subfamily <a href="/facts/Laricoideae/GT12jVWS">Laricoideae</a>). Growing from 20 to 50 metres (65 to 165 feet) tall, they are native to the cooler regions of the northern hemisphere, where they are found in lowland forests in the high latitudes, and high in mountains further south. Larches are among the dominant plants in the <a href="/facts/Taiga/xjkPQRJs">boreal forests</a> of <a href="/facts/Siberia/oaCoPEjF">Siberia</a> and <a href="/facts/Canada/D5P9yqs6">Canada</a>. Although they are <a href="/facts/Conifer/vDUgqxCx">conifers</a>, larches are <a href="/facts/Deciduous/7jQHVtdd">deciduous</a> trees that lose their <a href="/facts/Needle_(botany)/vDUgqxCx">needles</a> in the autumn. </p>