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Due to its high rainfall ( 900 – 1200 mm ), mild temperatures and high mountains ( Mount Meron's elevation is 1, 000 – 1, 208 metres ), the upper Galilee region contains some unique flora and fauna: prickly juniper ( Juniperus oxycedrus ), Lebanese cedar ( Cedrus libani ), which grows in a small grove on Mount Meron, cyclamens, paeonias and Rhododendron ponticum which sometimes appears on Meron.

*** Juniperus macrocarpa ( J. oxycedrus subsp.

Orange, olive, cypress, tamarisk, juniper ( Juniperus oxycedrus ) and arbutus trees grow throughout the island, which, however, is too dry to have any profusion of vegetation.

In the higher altitudes ( 3, 300 – 6, 300 mi ( 1, 000 – 1, 200 m )) appear pine trees Pinus pinaster and Pinus pinea, as well as Holm ( Quercus ilex ), junipers ( Juniperus oxycedrus ) and jarales Cistus ladanifer.

* Prickly Cedar, Juniperus oxycedrus, native across the Mediterranean region

* Sharp Cedar, Juniperus oxycedrus, native across the Mediterranean region

Atlas Cedar forms forests on mountain sides at 1, 370 to 2, 200 m, often in pure forests, or mixed with Algerian Fir-Abies numidica, Juniperus oxycedrus, Holm oak-Quercus ilex, and Acer opalus.

Juniperus oxycedrus ( Prickly Juniper, Prickly Cedar, Cade Juniper and Cade ( from the French genévrier cade ), Sharp Cedar ) is a species of juniper, native across the Mediterranean region from Morocco and Portugal, north to southern France, east to westernmost Iran, and south to Lebanon and Israel, growing on a variety of rocky sites from sea level up to 1600 m altitude.

The Juniperus oxycedrus tree is very variable in shape, forming a spreading shrub 2 – 3 m tall to a small erect tree 10 – 15 m tall.

As to be expected from the wide range, Juniperus oxycedrus is very variable.

* Juniperus oxycedrus L .-Western Prickly Juniper.

A further species Juniperus macrocarpa, confined to Mediterranean coastal sands, is more distinct but has also often been treated as a subspecies of Prickly Juniper, as J. oxycedrus subsp.

Other close relatives of J. oxycedrus include Juniperus brevifolia on the Azores, Juniperus cedrus on the Canary Islands and Juniperus formosana in eastern Asia.

Image: Juniperus oxycedrus. jpg | Leaves and mature cones, Catalonia

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