Kalanit
Israel Plant Magazine
August 2015
Kalanit study tour at Givat Ram
Ori Fragman-Sapir, the University Botanical Garden, Givat Ram, Jerusalem ofragman@013.net
Keywords: gardening, afforestation, botanical garden, wild progenitors of domesticated plants, plants of Israel
The tour held on 9-7-2015 focused on the origin of cultivated plants in a gardening-afforestation context, and took place in three locations: the gardens of the Hebrew University campus at Givat Ram, the planted Conifer wood at Givat Ram, and the nurseries of the Botanical Garden at Givat Ram
Anthemis amblyolepis: a rare and unknown plant rediscovered at Rosh Hanikra
Oz Golan, The Center for Materials Engineering and Processes, Afeka College for Engineering in Tel-Aviv golanoz.me@gmail.com
Ori Fragman-Sapir, the University Botanical Garden, Givat Ram Jerusalem ofragman@013.net
Keywords: conservation, endangered species, Galilean coast, Rosh Hanikra, Asteraceae, Anthemis palestina, plants of Israel
A study of Anthemis amblyolepis, following its rediscovery at Rosh Hanikra, demonstrated, on the basis of the examination of characteristics of the inflorescence and sections, that this plant deserves the status of an independent species. The question of its status as an independent species or a subspecies of the Palestine Chamomile (Anthemis palestina) has been debated in light of the history of the studies made on this species of Athemis, which presented differing opinions concerning its connection to the Palestine Chamomile. Since the plant is to be found in a single site in Israel, and is in danger of extinction, it deserves to be included in the list of the Israeli endangered species.
The Large-toothed Catchly (Silene macrodonta): a surprising botanical find on the Nahariya-Achziv coast
Oz Golan, The Center for Materials Engineering and Processes, Afeka College for Engineering in Tel-Aviv golanoz.me@gmail.com
Ori Fragman-Sapir, the University Botanical Garden, Givat Ram Jerusalem ofragman@013.net
Keywords: conservation, endangered species, Caryophyllaceae, Galilean coast, Plants of Israel
The Large-toothed Catchly (Silene macrodonta) is an endangered species, which was known in the past in a single location in southern Samaria. For several decades efforts were made to once again find the plant on the mountain tops of Judea and Binyamin, but the plant was not found, and it was feared that the plant had become extinct in Israel. The finding of a stable population on the Galilean coast was a surprise, and is discussed in this article in light of the world distribution of the plant.
