"Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba" (Gen. 21:33)
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Common name | Small flower tamarisk | ||||||||||||
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Family | Tamaricaceae | ||||||||||||
Petals | 5 | ||||||||||||
Leaf form | Simple | ||||||||||||
Leaf margin | Entire | ||||||||||||
Habitat | Light soils | ||||||||||||
צורת הגבעול | Round | ||||||||||||
Life form | Tree | ||||||||||||
Distribution in Israel | Upper Jordan valley, Judean desert and Dead Sea valley, Sharon, | ||||||||||||
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