David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) on a mountain side in autumn with European larch tree (Larix decidua) trees in the back the Alps, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. November.

Pascal Tordeux / Larch trees (Larix decidua) in mist, Alps, France. November 2013.

David Pattyn / European larch (Larix decidua) in the last rays of sun on a mountain side. Landscape, Valsavarenche valley, Gran Paradiso national Park, Aosta Valley, Alps, Italy, December

Guy Edwardes / Larch (Larix decidua) trunks in woodland, Tatra Mountains, Poland.

Andy Sands / European larch (Larix decidua) male and female flowers on same twig a good example of a monoecious tree, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / European Larch (Larix decidua) close up study of female flower, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April - Focus Stacked Image

Matthew Maran / Larch (Larix decidua) thinning in forestry. This allows remaining trees more space and light to grow. North Devon, England, UK. July.

Colin Varndell / Common larch (Larix decidua) flowers, Dorset, UK, March.

Dave Bevan / Two male Eurasian siskins (Carduelis spinus) feeding on cones from a European larch treee (Larix decidua), Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, January.

Robert Thompson / European larch (Larix decidua) flower, Brackagh Moss National Nature Reserve, Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK. April 2014.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Great tit (Parus major), adult perched on autumn branch of European Larch (Larix decidua), Oberaegeri, Switzerland, Europe. November

Rolf Nussbaumer / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus), adult perched on autumn branch of European Larch (Larix decidua), Oberaegeri, Switzerland, Europe. November