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CONIFERS 4 – CONES AND STROBILI
Part 4. The word Conifer comes from the Latin word 'Coniferae' which means 'Cone-bearers'. This is derived from 'Conus' and from 'Ferre' or 'Bher' which means 'Carrying'. More specified: 'Bher' includes the meaning of fruit- or children 'bearing' as with a pregnancy....
CONIFERS 5 – FAMILIES
Part 5. The Order of the Conifers, also known as 'Order of the Pinales', of which are around 600+ species, are subdivided according to the taxonomy into about seven families. A number of them also occur in Europe such as: the Pine family (Pinaceae), the Cedar family...
CONIFERS 6 – GROWING
Part 6. Growing Conifers can either be done indoors, or directly outside on a balcony, garden or estate. There are a few factors to look out for. The purpose of growing them could be for planting a green living fence, or for creating a small forest on a quarter...
CONIFERS 7 – REFORESTATION
This is part 7 in the making of the Conifers series. In hindsight, after writing all this, these articles are -more or less- intended for lay people in the field of Conifers, and are also written by a layman. And most parts are quite long as well. They would almost...