In the Mediterranean region, the banks are covered by thickets of Rubus edged by Arundo, Phragmites, Lythrum, Melilotus, and Mentha along the water’s edge and Persicaria inside the water.
The northern Hula Valley and the Upper Galilee also have remnants of the historical riparian forests, which include Salix, Tamarix, Platanus, Fraxinus and Populus.
Salix alba, White willow, Swallow tailed willow, Hebrew: ערבה לבנה, Arabic: الصفصاف الأبيض
A riparian tree
Tamarix jordanis, Jordan Tamarisk, طرفه، أثل ,אשל הירדן
The Central Coastal Plain with Butomus umbellatus, Eleocharis palustris, Scirpus maritimus; the winter pools have mainly replaced the historical swamps.
Toward the south the vegetation becomes more halophilic (“salt-loving”), mainly comprising thickets of Tamarix, Pluchea, Arundo, Phragmites, Atriplex, and Juncus, characteristic also for the shores of the Dead Sea.
