Spring is in the air… The Scroll of Fire, Megilat Ha’esh, מגילת האש Located in the Martyrs Forest on Route 395. Direction: Jerusalem – Tel Aviv highway to Road 38, the Shar’ar Hagay exit. Drive toward Bet Shemesh to Road 395 (Ramat Raziel Road), turn left at Moshav Kesalon stay on the road and follow […]

Fieldtrip Weizman Insitute campus, Rehovot, September 21, 2012 ***************************** Fieldtrip Mount Meron, summit trail, שמורת הר מירון, שביל הפסגה December 6, 2011 ***************************** Fieldtrip Mount Carmel Reserve (after forest fire December 2-5, 2010) March 2, 2011 ***************************** Fieldtrip SPRING AWAKENINGRoad 3415, Gad Hills (Givad Gad) March 3, 2011 ***************************** Golan Heights, Nov Wetland Reserve and […]

Mount Meron, summit trail, שמורת הר מירון, שביל הפסגה December 6, 2011 ***************************** Mount Carmel Reserve (after forest fire December 2-5, 2010) March 2, 2011 ***************************** SPRING AWAKENINGRoad 3415, Gad Hills (Givad Gad) March 3, 2011 ***************************** Golan Heights, Nov Wetland Reserve and Road 92, 789, 98, 808 and 87 northeast of the Sea of […]

Spring is in the air… Kfar Shmaryahu These photos were taken March 23, 2008 at a Samaritan burial complex hewn into the kurkar (HaOranim Street). Temperature 38 degrees Celsius: a Khamsin, easterly wind, חמסין ,خمسين. The Biblical term for a khamsin is ruah qadīm (רוח קדים‎) Ranunculus asiaticus, Turban Buttercup, נורית אסיה, Ranunculus asiaticus, Turban […]

Spring is in the air… The Iris Nature Reserve near Netanya’s southern exit (Ben Gurion Blvd.). The Irises Park contains the world’s largest population of iris atropurpurea. The iris blossoms from February to March …and not only iris! photos were taken February 11, 2007 take a seat! Iris atropurpurea, Coastal Iris, אירוס הארגמן Iris atropurpurea, […]

Flowers in Apollonia National Park. Directions: From Tel Aviv take Route number 2 north, until the Kfar Shmaryahu exit. Following the exit ramp turn left (west) and follow the brown signs Tel Arsuf or Apollonia. The park is open 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM These photos were taken February 20, 2007 when the flowers were […]

Bene Zion – Haruzim Nature Reserve שמורת בני ציון, March 12, 2010 ***************************** Golan Heights, Irus Bizzot Nov Reserve and Odem Forest, March 9, 2010, ***************************** Netanya, Sergeant’s Grove נתניה, חורשת הסרג’נטים January 29, 2010, ***************************** Mount Carmel Forests יערות הכרמל January 15, 2010. ***************************** Bene Zion Nature Reserve” שמורת בני ציון January 2, 2010. […]

Tu Bishvat (ט”ו בשבט), “The New Year For the Trees” Rosh HaShanah La’Ilanot (ראש השנה לאילנות) Tu B’Shvat begins sundown Tuesday evening, February 03, 2015 and ends at nightfall on Wednesday, February 04, 2013 (15th of Sh’vat, 5773) Sun, 24 January 2016 (15th of Sh’vat, 5776) Tu Bishvat is the Rosh HaShanah La’Ilanot (ראש השנה […]

Dudaim Forest, Goral Hills, גבעות גורל, יער דודאים March 22, 2009. ***************************** Jarisa Mound – Napoleon Hill, Ramat Gan, natural kurkar hill, תל גריסה, הר נפוליאון, גבעת כורכר טבעית March 20, 2009. ***************************** Givat-Hamoreh, Hamoreh Hill, Little Hermon – Nebi Dahi, , נבי דח י,גבעת המורה March 18, 2009. ***************************** Mountains of Gilboa, שמורת אירוס […]

Neot Kedumim The Biblical Landscape Reserve Neot Kedumim is located half-way between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, in the foothills of the Judean mountains on route 443. photos were taken February 2, 2007 The Pool of the Sycomores Anagyris foetida, Mediterranean Stinkbush, צחנן מבאיש Anemone coronaria, Crown Anemone, כלנית מצויה Asphodelus aestivus, Common Asphodel, עירית גדולה […]

Hot summer… The Dora Rain Pool – Breichat Dora on the southern outskirts of Netanya Named after Dora Eban, wife of commander Dan Even (Epstein), of the”Alexandroni Brigade”. Breichat Dora is one of the largest natural winter pools remaining in the coastal area. photos were taken July 18,25, 2009 Typha domingensis, Typha australis, Bulrush,suf, סוף […]

Class Monocotyledoneae, monocots, מחלקה חד-פסיגיים Family Iridaceae, Iris Family, משפחה אירוסיים Leaves at base of the plant in a flat plane; flowers, regular, bisexual with parts in multiples of three; 3 sepals, 3 petals, 6 stamens; the ovary is positioned inferior and consists of 3 united carpels; fruit,a capsule with many seeds. Genus Gynandriris, אחיאירוס: […]

Gundelia tournefortii, Galgal, Tumbleweed, Tumble Thistle, Hebrew: עכובית הגלגל, Arabic: عكوب , كعوب Scientific name:   Gundelia tournefortii L. Common name:   Galgal, Tumbleweed, Tumble Thistle Hebrew name:   Akuvit ha-galgal, עכובית הגלגל Arabic name:   عكوب , كعوب Plant Family:   Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים Life form:   Hemicryptophyte Spinescence:   Leaves, bracts Stems: […]

Tecoma castanifolia, Bignonia castaneifolia, Chestnutleaf Trumpet Bush, Gaudichaudi, Hebrew: דק פרי ערמוני, Arabic: تيكومة كستنائية الأوراق Scientific name:   Tecoma castanifolia (D.Don) Melch. Synonym name:   Bignonia castaneifolia (D.Don) DC., Bignonia serrata, Delostoma stenolobium, Stenolobium castanifolium, Stenolobium stans var. castanifolium, Tecoma gaudichaudi DC English name:   Chestnutleaf Trumpet Bush, Gaudichaudi Hebrew name:   דק פרי […]