Mikoniferi mizhinji haina mashizha, tsono chete. Aya ndiwo kusiyana kwavanoita nemiti inodonha. Ivo vanonziwo softwoods kana conifers. Iri zita rinobva kuLatin uye rinoreva mutakuri wekoni. Mishonga inonyanyozivikanwa mumasango edu ndeye spruce, pine, uye fir.
Iyo peculiarity yekubereka ndiyo hunhu hwemaconifers: ovules haadzivirirwe necarpels senge nemaruva asi anorara akavhurika. Ndiko kusaka boka iri richinziwo “miti yembeu yakashama”. Izvo zvinosanganisirawo cypresses kana thuja, iyo inowanzosimwa seheji. Vanotakura tsono dzinenge dziri hafu yemashizha.
MuGermany neSwitzerland, kune maconifers akawanda kupfuura miti inodonha. Kutanga, coniferous huni inokura nekukurumidza, chechipiri, inonyanya kukoshesa sematanda ekuvaka: matanda akareba uye akatwasuka. Matanda, mitsetse, mapaneru, uye zvimwe zvakawanda zvinogona kuchekwa zvakanaka kubva pane izvi. Softwood zvakare zvakareruka pane hardwood.
Maconifers anofarawo nevhu rine chikafu chishoma. Izvi zvinoita kuti vagare kure kumakomo, uko miti inodonha yave isingakwanisi kurarama nemamiriro okunze kwenguva refu.
Miti yeConiferous inorasikirwa netsono mushure memakore mashomanana pavanenge vakwegura. Asi dziri kugara dzichitsiviwa netsono itsva, saka hautombodziona. Ndosaka vachinziwo "evergreen miti". Iyo chete inosarudzika ndeye larch: tsono dzayo dzinoshanduka goridhe yero mumatsutso ega ega obva awira pasi. Kunyanya muGraubünden kuSwitzerland, izvi zvinokwezva vashanyi vazhinji gore rega rega.