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In French, farmland flowers are more scientifically referred to as “messicoles”. This term (from the Latin messis = harvest, and colere = to live) defines annual plants that are closely linked mainly to winter-germination cereal crops (wheat, oats, barley, rye, etc.). 

Fleshy fruit and dry fruit.

Hardwoods and conifers.

A process specific to plants.

Each plant has two Latin names.

Deforestation is largely due to the expansion of...

Conifers have leaves known as: “needles” or “scales”. The appearance of the needles varies depending on the species...
 

To identify a tree, you very often begin by looking at its shape. Although certain species have a well-known and specific shape, this criterion remains quite arbitrary and insufficient for identification.

Conifers are plants that are often tree-like, consisting of a single trunk attached to the ground by roots, and have branches that form a crown.

If you're interested in botany, you've probably cracked open a herbarium at some point. This collection of plants dried between the pages of a book is the naturalist's oldest tool.