UMary Allen
Uninzi lweeconifers azinamagqabi, zinenaliti kuphela. Le yindlela ezahluke ngayo kwimithi evuthulukayo. Zikwabizwa ngokuba zii-softwoods okanye iiconifers. Eli gama livela kwisiLatini kwaye lithetha umthwali wekhowuni. Iiconifers eziqhelekileyo emahlathini ethu ziyi-spruce, ipine, kunye nefir.
Ubuqhetseba bokuzala luphawu lweconifers: ii-ovules azikhuselwanga ziikhapeli njengeentyatyambo kodwa zilala zivulekile. Yiyo loo nto eli qela likwabizwa ngokuba “zizityalo zembewu ze”. Zikwabandakanya i-cypresses okanye i-thuja, ezihlala zityalwa njengeendonga. Baphatha iinaliti ezikhumbuza amagqabi.
EJamani naseSwitzerland, kukho iiconifers ezininzi kunemithi evuthulukayo. Okokuqala, i-coniferous wood ikhula ngokukhawuleza, okwesibini, ixabiswa kakhulu njengemithi yokwakha: iziqu zide kwaye zithe tye. Imiqadi, imichilo, iiphaneli, kunye nokunye okuninzi kunokusarha kakuhle kule nto. ISoftwood ikwakhaphukhaphu kunomthi oqinileyo.
Iiconifers nazo zonwabile ngomhlaba oqulethe izondlo ezimbalwa. Oku kuzivumela ukuba zihlale kude lee ezintabeni, apho imithi evuthuluka kudala ingakwazi ukumelana nemozulu.
Imithi ye-Coniferous ilahlekelwa iinaliti zayo emva kweminyaka embalwa xa ikhulile. Kodwa zihlala zitshintshwa ziinaliti ezintsha, ngoko awuziboni. Yiyo loo nto ikwabizwa ngokuba “yimithi eluhlaza”. Ekuphela kwento eyahlukileyo yilarch: iinaliti zayo zijika zibe golide tyheli rhoqo ekwindla zize ziwe phantsi. Ngokukodwa eGraubünden eSwitzerland, oku kutsala abakhenkethi abaninzi minyaka le.