List of adventive wild plants in Israel refers to species of
vascular plant
Vascular plants (), also called tracheophytes () or collectively Tracheophyta (), form a large group of land plants ( accepted known species) that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant. They ...
s in
Israel
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that were either
introduced there by human activity or are of a cultivated origin, and meet at least one of the following criteria:
*species which have reached a self-propagating (naturalized) status in Israel, reproducing without further human intervention
*species that appear in natural habitats
*cultivated species that escape from cultivation or persist long after being abandoned
The first table lists species which are unquestionably non-indigenous to Israel; a second table lists species whose native distribution in Israel is questionable.
Adventive species
Questionable native distribution
See also
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List of endemic flora of Israel
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Wildlife of Israel
The wildlife of Israel includes the flora and fauna of Israel, which is extremely diverse due to the country's location between the temperate and the tropical zones, bordering the Mediterranean Sea in the west and the desert in the east. Species ...
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Tourism in Israel
Tourism in Israel is one of Israel's major sources of income, with a record 4.55 million tourist arrivals in 2019, and, in 2017, contributed NIS 20 billion to the Israeli economy making it an all-time record. Israel offers a plethora of historica ...
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Jerusalem Botanical Gardens
References
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Further reading
*Dafni, Amots, and David Heller, Adventive flora of Israel - phytogeographical, ecological and agricultural aspects, ''Plant Systematics and Evolution'' 140:1–18 (1982).
*Dafni, Amots, and David Heller, Invasions of adventive plants in Israel, in Di Castri, Francesco, A. J. Hansen, and M. Debussche
ds. ''Biological invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin'', Springer, 1990, pp. 135–160.
*Dafni, Amots, and David Heller, The threat posed by alien weeds in Israel, ''Weed research'' 20(5):277–283 (1980).
*Danin, Avinoam, Current inventory of introduced species new to the flora of Israel
''A symphosium on biological invasions in Israeli ecosystems'' - lecture abstracts and lists of invasive species Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2005 (Hebrew).
*Danin, Avinoam
The nomenclature news of Flora Palaestina updated version as of 2006
''Flora of Israel Online'' retrieved October 2008. First published in ''Flora Mediterranea'' 10:109–172 (2000).
*Dufour-Dror, Jean-Marc
retrieved October 2008.
*Dufour-Dror, Jean-Marc
''Invasive Plant Species in Protected and Open Areas in the Central District'' Israeli Ministry of the Environment and the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 2005 (Hebrew).
*Feinbrun-Dothan, Naomi, and Avinoam Danin, ''Analytical flora of Eretz-Israel'', second edition, CANA, Jerusalem, 1998 (Hebrew).
*Fragman, Ori, Uzi Pltimann, David Heller and Avi Shmida, ''Checklist and ecological data-base of the flora of Israel and its surroundings''. Israel Nature and National Parks Protection Authority, The National Herbarium of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and ROTEM - Israel plant information center. 1999.
*Shmida, Avi, ''MAPA's dictionary of plants and flowers in Israel'', MAPA publishers, 2005 (Hebrew).
''Flora of Israel Online'' the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, retrieved October 2008.
Environmental issues in Israel
Nature conservation in Israel
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