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View of Jerusalem Forest from Yad Vashem. The Jerusalem Forest is a municipal pine forest located in the Judean Mountains on the outskirts of Jerusalem. It is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Beit HaKerem, Yefe Nof, Ein Kerem, Har Nof and Givat Shaul, and a moshav, Beit Zeit. The forest was planted during the 1950s by the Jewish National Fund ...
Pinus halepensis, commonly known as the Aleppo pine, also known as the Jerusalem pine, [2] is a pine native to the Mediterranean region.It was officially named by the botanist Philip Miller in his 1768 book The Gardener's Dictionary; he probably never went to Aleppo but mentions seeing large specimens at Goodwood in the garden of the Duke of Richmond, which were transplanted (perhaps sent by ...
HaMasrek Reserve (Hebrew: שְׁמוּרַת הַמַּסְרֵק) is a nature reserve situated in the western Jerusalem Mountains, Israel, near moshav Beit Meir. [1] [2] HaMasrek Reserve is renowned and named for its prominent stand of Jerusalem pine trees, which are approximately 170 years old.
Ben Shemen Forest – (east of Ben Shemen youth village) Haruvit Forest - A medium-sized forest east of Kibbutz Kfar Menahem; Hulda Forest – (Nahshon Junction – Rehovot road) [3] Planned in 1907 by the Jewish National Fund, which brought in a German agronomist, Louis Barish, to manage the project. Restored in 1998.
(Arabic: fuṭr; falghānah) An edible pine mushroom that grows alongside pine woods after the first major rainfall in winter. [191] The mushrooms are washed, sliced and either boiled or simmered in a skillet with a little water, salt and a dash of olive oil. Taraxacum dens-leonis: Common dandelion
Many sites, such as the forests of Mount Carmel and Mount Meron, were declared forest reserves; certain trees were declared protected. In 1953 the Knesset passed the Wildlife Protection Law (חוק הגנת חיות-הבר) and the Minister of Agriculture was appointed for its implementation.
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Major plant communities in the ecoregion include broadleaf sclerophyllous shrublands (maquis and garrigue), pine forests (chiefly of Turkish pine (Pinus brutia) and Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis)), and dry oak (Quercus spp.) woodlands and steppes. Turkish pine is more common in the Turkish coastal region, and Aleppo pine in the Levant.