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September 17, 2026Plants People PlanetOpen Access

Needle in a haystack: Holocene history of European larch in Central Europe revisited

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MPMartin PrachPPPetr PokornýKHKristýna Hošková

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Paleoecological and genetic analysis uncovers continuous Holocene persistence of European larch across Central Europe, indicating modern lowland populations were largely replaced by translocations.

Key Points

  • To re-evaluate the postglacial range dynamics, historical persistence, and nativity status of European larch across Central Europe throughout the Holocene.
  • Compiled comprehensive paleoecological evidence tracking larch distribution across the Holocene using fossil pollen and phytolith records.
  • Conducted an extensive microsatellite-based genetic survey of extant European larch populations across lowland and montane Central Europe.
  • Larch maintained continuous survival across warm Holocene periods in fluctuating small populations in both lowland and montane Central Europe, likely facilitated by human-mediated canopy opening.
  • Extant lowland refugial populations experienced extensive genetic replacement over the past approximately 300 years due to artificial translocations of seed stock from the Alps.

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Prach et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aabb7275f706d05830e6051https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70269
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