When selling an investment for tax-loss harvesting does the holding period matter for the investment that lost value? (opens in new tab)

I am thinking about dumping some losers from my portfolio to offset some taxable gains on other investments. Does the holding period (short term/long term) of the investments with losses matter similar to how capital gains are treated differently for taxation based on the holding time?

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