Afternoon All
This year as my main skill improvement in the bushcraft area I have decided to improve upon my tree and plant identification, (doing the two as I think it will help me to keep going rather than loose interest).
my question to you all is how relevant is the latin name?
should I attempt to learn it as well as the standard name eg oak birch etc?
Only reason I ask is I vaugely recall being told on a woodsmoke course that if you know the latin name as well it can tell you what family the tree/plant belongs to and this can be useful as you can be aware of properties the trees/plant share.
I would particularly like to hear the opinions of those of you who actually use latin in their regular work as you will probably know how valid it really is to learn certain parts of it.
or should I stick to the poem I learnt at school?
latin is a dead language
as dead as it can be
it killed off all the romans
and now it's killing me!
This year as my main skill improvement in the bushcraft area I have decided to improve upon my tree and plant identification, (doing the two as I think it will help me to keep going rather than loose interest).
my question to you all is how relevant is the latin name?
should I attempt to learn it as well as the standard name eg oak birch etc?
Only reason I ask is I vaugely recall being told on a woodsmoke course that if you know the latin name as well it can tell you what family the tree/plant belongs to and this can be useful as you can be aware of properties the trees/plant share.
I would particularly like to hear the opinions of those of you who actually use latin in their regular work as you will probably know how valid it really is to learn certain parts of it.
or should I stick to the poem I learnt at school?
latin is a dead language
as dead as it can be
it killed off all the romans
and now it's killing me!
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