"Pié sapin" also known as "larb dé Nouel", isn't it?
But an araucaria is not a pine tree either. Though they belong to the same order ("Pinales"), their families are different: Pinaceae for the pine trees and Araucariaceae for the araucarias. The Araucariaceae is a family of plants that is said to date from the Jurassic period, and nowadays it is found in the Southern Hemisphere mostly.
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ReplyDeleteIsn't this “fir tree” an araucaria by any chance? (Say Araucaria columnaris.)
ReplyDeleteBut it looks as if this particular one doesn't have many “carias”.
@Siganus Sutor
ReplyDeleteYes, it is.
So this "fir tree" is our good old "pied sapin."
"Pié sapin" also known as "larb dé Nouel", isn't it?
ReplyDeleteBut an araucaria is not a pine tree either. Though they belong to the same order ("Pinales"), their families are different: Pinaceae for the pine trees and Araucariaceae for the araucarias. The Araucariaceae is a family of plants that is said to date from the Jurassic period, and nowadays it is found in the Southern Hemisphere mostly.