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Myrtus
communis
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Common name:
הדס מצוי, Common Myrtle
Family:
Myrtaceae (Eucalyptus)
Synonym:
Myrtus
baetica
,
Myrtus
communis
subsp.
communis
Hardiness:
Central & north Israel mts
Life form:
Shrub
Distribution in Israel:
Discontinuously distributed in the lower Hermon, western Golan slopes, Upper Galilee and Carmel. Rare in the wild and fairly common in cultivation.
Habitat in Israel:
Margins of Mediterranean woodland and shrubland.
Locations
1:
Entrance display
(DSPL-VC)
• Accession: 1910-7085/1
2:
Entrance display
(DSPL-VC)
• Accession: 1910-7086/1
3:
Europe: Alpine Meadow and Dwarf Scrub
(ESR4)
• Accession: 1910-2362/1
4:
Europe: Euxinic warm temp forest
(ESP5)
• Accession: 2016-0136/3 • Provenance: Wild
5:
Medicinal Garden
(OFFC)
• Accession: 1910-2812/1
6:
Mediterranean: E Med. deciduous oak forest
(MDC2)
• Accession: 2011-0413/3 • Provenance: Garden
7:
Mediterranean: E Med. deciduous oak forest
(MDC2)
• Accession: 2011-0413/4 • Provenance: Garden
8:
Mediterranean: E Med. Shrubland
(MDC4)
• Accession: 2016-0136/2 • Provenance: Wild
9:
Mediterranean: W Med. deciduous forest
(MDA2)
• Accession: 1910-1724/1
10:
Mediterranean: W Med. deciduous forest
(MDA2)
• Accession: 1910-1725/1
11:
Mediterranean: W Med. deciduous forest
(MDA2)
• Accession: 1910-1726/1
12:
Mediterranean: W Med. deciduous forest
(MDA2)
• Accession: 1910-1727/1
13:
Mediterranean: W Med. deciduous forest
(MDA2)
• Accession: 1910-2571/1
14:
Mediterranean: W Med. deciduous forest
(MDA2)
• Accession: 2011-0413/1 • Provenance: Garden
15:
Mediterranean: W Med. evergreen woodland
(MDA3)
• Accession: 1910-7765/1
16:
Mediterranean: W Med. evergreen woodland
(MDA3)
• Accession: 1984-2335/1
17:
Mediterranean: W Med. evergreen woodland
(MDA3)
• Accession: 1984-2335/2
18:
Mediterranean: West Med. Shrubland
(MDA4)
• Accession: 2011-0413/2 • Provenance: Garden
Area
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