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Finally, Lebanon is sometimes metonymically referred to as the Land of the Cedars. [24] [25] Arkansas, among other US states, has a Champion Tree program that records exceptional tree specimens. The Lebanon cedar recognized by the state is located inside Hot Springs National Park and is estimated to be over 100 years old. [26]
Jadernička moravská, Sorb tree: Malus domestica, Sorbus domestica [51] [52] Nepal: Rhododendron: Rhododendron [16] New Zealand: Silver fern: Cyathea dealbata Nicaragua: Lemonwood: Calycophyllum candidissimum [53] North Korea: Pine: Pinus [54] Pakistan: Deodar: Cedrus deodara [55] Palestine: Olive: Olea europaea Panama: Panama tree: Sterculia ...
Laurent d'Arvieux in 1660 counted 20 trees; [11] and Henry Maundrell in 1697 counted 16 trees of the “very old” type: Sunday, May 9 The noble (cedar] trees grow amongst the snow near the highest part of Lebanon; and are remarkable as well as for their own age and largeness, as for those frequent allusions made to them in the word of God.
The cedar of Lebanon is the national symbol of the country. Growing in the Lebanon Mountain range, these trees have been heavily harvested over the years for their valuable timber and few mature trees still remain Cedars are quite common in the mountainous forests and villages of Lebanon. Many reserves have thousands planted. [4]
Benta'ael, a national park area in the mountains above Byblos; Horsh Ehden, a cedar forest north of Ehden; Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab), the remains of an ancient Lebanese cedar forest containing some of the oldest extant Cedar trees of the country. [6] Jabal Rihane, a nature reserve in the Rihane mountains of south Lebanon
The national flag of Lebanon (علم لبنان) is formed of two horizontal red stripes enveloping a horizontal white stripe. The white stripe is twice the height (width) of the red ones (ratio 1:2:1)—a Spanish fess. The green cedar (Lebanon cedar) in the middle touches each of the red stripes and its width is one third of the width of the ...
Fires caused by Israeli shelling in south Lebanon have burned some 40,000 olive trees and torched hundreds of square km (miles) of land, dealing a serious blow to a major Lebanese crop, the ...
The emblematic Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani) in Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve. The flora of Lebanon includes approximately 2,600 plant species. [1] Situated on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Basin, Lebanon is a reservoir of plant diversity and one of the world's biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Endemic species ...