Hermon nature reserve
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Hermon nature reserve (
Nimrod Fortress National Park. The total area of the reserve is approximately 78,270 dunam (19,340 acres).[1]
Flora and fauna
The common birds in the reserve include
four-lined snake
.
Due to the height of the mountain the growth and the blooming begins at the top of the mountain in August, instead of the spring.
In 1905 the botanist
Triticum dicoccoides
, on the eastern slopes of Mount Hermon. In its time, this was a discovery of the greatest importance, as there were plans to hybridize "wild wheat" with other cultivars to produce a grain more easily grown in inhospitable locations. Eventually, this plan was abandoned; it didn't work.
References
33°16′34.92″N 35°43′3.61″E / 33.2763667°N 35.7176694°E
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