Does Israel have good field guides?

Dunno. There is a field guide to wildflowers put out by the Society for the
Preservation of Nature in Israel. It is OK, but pretty basic. The Madrich Sadeh
for Trees & Shrubs appears to be very thorough, but the text is in Hebrew, & my
Hebrew is nowhere near that good. There are several typos in the Latin names. I
don't expect that they will be making much progress in science right now. They
are fighting a war for survival, you know, & the economy is a mess.

Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much
that ain't so."
Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw), 1818-1885

Does Israel have good field guides?

Iris Cohen schreef
Dunno. There is a field guide to wildflowers put out by the Society for
the Preservation of Nature in Israel. It is OK, but pretty basic. The
Madrich Sadeh for Trees & Shrubs appears to be very thorough, but the text
is in Hebrew, & my Hebrew is nowhere near that good. There are several typos
in the Latin names. I don't expect that they will be making much progress in
science right now. They are fighting a war for survival, you know, & the
economy is a mess.

Iris,

+ + +
A field guide in Hebrew is not that interesting unless it has really good
pictures :-).
Thanks anyway
PvR

On 17 Dec 2002 13:25:04 GMT, (Iris Cohen) wrote:

Does Israel have good field guides?

You may want to check out www.koeltz.com

Searching under Israel, I found the following:

DANIN, A. AND G. ORSHAN (EDS.): Vegetation of israel. Volume 1: Desert
and coastal vegetation. 1999. XI,346 p. 4to. Hardcover. (072631)
128.00 EURO (US$ 143.00)
Contents: Introduction ( History of botanical investigations in
israel) / Environment/ Flora of israel and the surrounding countries/
The main vegetation types of israel/ Methods / Synopsis of the
vegetation and enumeration of the associations/ References/ Index/
Appendices, list of species and list of synonyms for the most common
species.

FLORA PALAESTINA : Parts 1-4 (in 8 volumes). Ed. by M.Zohary and
N.Fein- brun-Dothan. 1966-1986. 2434 plates (line-drawings). several
maps in the text.CXXXVII,2269 p.Cloth. (004084)
481.00 EURO (US$ 535.00)
The Flora Palaestina is the first work of this type confined to
Palestina, that is Cis- and Transjordan, comprising israel, Jordan,
and the Gaza strip. It includes many species and varieties newly
described, recorded for the first time or renamed since the
publication of the second edition of Post's Flora. Certain groups have
been taxonomically revised.- These volumes are out of print. Good
second hand set.

FAHN, ABRAHAM,E.WERKER AND PIETER BAAS: Wood Anatomy and
Identification of Trees and Shrubs from israel and Adjacent
Regions.1986.82 pls.tabs. 11 figs.Cloth. (021436)
59.00 EURO (US$ 66.00)
The present volume introduces to the subject of comparative wood
anatomy and wood indification.An extensive dichotomous key to the 179
species of shrubs and trees(including palms and
conifers)follow,together with the lists of species with certain
diagnostic characters which can be used as a synoptical key and as a
short-cut in the identification
process..-Contents(partly):Introduction/ Survey of the wood anatomical
characters with comments on their diagnostic value/The identification
of shrubs and trees by their wood structure/Wood anatomical
descriptions/Ecological considerations.

FEINBRUN - DOTHAN, NAOMI AND AVINOAM DANIN: Analytical Flora of Eretz-
israel. 1991. 48 col.pls. 2870 figs.(line drawings) with distr. maps.
1040 p. gr8vo. Paper bd. - In Hebrew, with Latin nomenclature and
species index. (057422)
72.00 EURO (US$ 81.00)

FRAGMAN, ORI, RAN LEVY - YAMAMORI, PAMBOS CHRISTODOULOU: Flowers of
the Eastern Mediterranean. 2001. 648 colourphotographs. 1 col. map.
458 p. Hardcover. (ISBN 3-904144-27-8) (078556)
57.00 EURO (US$ 64.00)
Contents: Introduction,p.1/ Glossary,p.5/ Pictorial Flower Key, p.9/
Description of the Plant Groups,p.33/ Selected Bibliography,p.438/
Alphabetical Index,p.439.- This is the first comprehensive guide to
the wild flowers of the Eastern Mediterranean region. It covers
southern Turkey, Lebanon, western Syria, Cyprus, northern and central
israel, the Palaestinian Territories and northern Jordan. 530 species
are dealt with, illustrated by 648 exquisite colourphotographs taken
in nature. Simple to use pictorial flower identification key (no need
for picking and digging). This book will not only be useful to the
professional botanist, but also to the amateur nature lover, traveler,
teacher, pupil, and others.

FRAGMAN, ORI, UZI PLITMAN, DAVID HELLER AND AVI SHMIDA: Checklist and
Ecological Data - Base of the Flora of israel and its Surroundings.
1999. Approx. 250 p. 4to. Bilingual (English / Hebrew). (076626)
47.00 EURO (US$ 53.00)

Thanks.
I have gone through the Koeltz catalog several times (not an easy
undertaking!), but in spite of the descriptions they provide ordering a book
all too often remains guesswork.
PvR

Does Israel have good field guides?

I Don't Like Spam schreef
You may want to check out www.koeltz.com

Searching under Israel, I found the following: