"Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba" (Gen. 21:33)
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| Common name | Desert tamarisk | ||||||||||||
| Hebrew name |
אשל מרובע |
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| Family | Tamaricaceae | ||||||||||||
| Petals | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Leaf form | Simple | ||||||||||||
| Leaf margin | Entire | ||||||||||||
| Habitat | Light soils | ||||||||||||
| צורת הגבעול | Round | ||||||||||||
| Life form | Tree | ||||||||||||
| Distribution in Israel | Gallilee, Upper Jordan valley, Northern valleys, Judean desert and Dead Sea valley, Sharon, Shefela, Northern Negev, Negev hills and Eilat, Aravah, Jordan Valley, | ||||||||||||
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