This tree was not here when Moses and the children of Israel camped down the road at the oasis of Yotvata, nor when the Romans built their fortress opposite that oasis. But our acacia was here ...

Acacia trees are usually found in Africa, but there are four types in Israel, and the winter thorn species, also called the apple ring tree (Acacia albida) is the only acacia species in the ...

Photo courtesy of Flora of Israel “You can find the common oak in many areas ... Spiraled (twisted) acacia: near Sde Boker The spiraled acacia tree is like a small oasis in the Negev Desert. Photo by ...

Acacia trees often stand alone on the desert sands ... Fund forester for 58 years – insisted on planting cedar groves in Israel. Although cedars of Lebanon didn’t do very well in our climate ...

The paper recommends that the ecosystem of the Negev and Aravah could be rehabilitated if it was planted with acacia trees from species not common nowadays in Israel. Tamar Kafri. Photo by Yael ...

In a new Israeli study, scientists found that the acacia tree in the Arava desert in Israel is the world’s largest tree growing in such a hot and dry climate. The tree has an even higher growth ...

Though Israel boasts many eucalyptus trees ... It’s in a small wadi [valley] whose official name is Nahal Noked, but people call it the ‘Tree Wadi.’ Acacia fruit is important to the desert deer.