UMary Allen
Amaconifers amaningi awanawo amaqabunga, izinaliti kuphela. Zihluke kanjena ezihlahleni ezivuthulukayo. Zibizwa nangokuthi ama-softwoods noma ama-conifers. Leli gama livela kuLatini futhi lisho umthwali wekhoni. Ama-conifers avame kakhulu emahlathini ethu yi-spruce, i-pine, ne-fir.
Isici sokukhiqiza kabusha siyisici se-conifers: ama-ovules awavikelwe ngama-carpels njengasezimbali kodwa alala avulekile. Yingakho leli qembu libizwa nangokuthi "izitshalo zembewu ezinqunu". Zihlanganisa ne-cypresses noma i-thuja, evame ukutshalwa njengothango. Baphatha izinaliti ezikhumbuza amaqabunga.
EJalimane naseSwitzerland, kunezihlahla ze-conifers eziningi kunezihlahla ezivuthulukayo. Okokuqala, izinkuni ze-coniferous zikhula ngokushesha, okwesibili, zihlonishwa kakhulu njengezingodo zokwakha: iziqu zide futhi ziqondile. Imishayo, imichilo, amaphaneli, nokunye okuningi kungasanwa kahle kakhulu kulokhu. I-Softwood nayo ilula kunokhuni oluqinile.
AmaConifers nawo ayajabula ngenhlabathi equkethe izakhamzimba ezimbalwa. Lokhu kuzivumela ukuba zihlale kude ezintabeni, lapho izihlahla ezivuthuluka kudala zingakwazi ukumelana nesimo sezulu.
Izihlahla ze-Coniferous zilahlekelwa izinaliti zazo ngemva kweminyaka embalwa lapho sezikhulile. Kodwa zihlale zishintshwa izinaliti ezintsha, ngakho awuziboni neze. Yingakho zibizwa nangokuthi "izihlahla ezihlala ziluhlaza". Okuwukuphela kwento ehlukile i-larch: izinaliti zayo ziba phuzi osagolide njalo ekwindla bese ziwela phansi. Ikakhulukazi eGraubünden eSwitzerland, lokhu kuheha izivakashi eziningi minyaka yonke.