Table 1.
Population code | Location | Soil | Annual rainfall (mm year–1) | No. of parent plants |
8 | Road Arad to Dead Sea, N.F.S. | Stony loess* | 110 | 11 |
10 | Mitspe Jericho, E.F.S. | Rendzinic desert lithosol | 120 | 15 |
5 | Tel Arad, N.F.S. | Stony loess* | 180 | 8 |
4 | Har Amasa, Plain | Loessial alluvium | 220 | 7 |
11 | Maale Edumim, E.F.S. | Terra rossa | 250 | 15 |
1 | Har Amasa, N.F.S. and hill‐top, rock crevices | Rendzina | 276 | 12 |
2 | Har Amasa, foothill | Rendzina | 276 | 9 |
3 | Har Amasa, plain | Stony loess* | 276 | 11 |
17a | Lehavim, N.F.S. | Stony loess* | 307 | 6 |
17b | Lehavim, wadi | Loess* | 307 | 7 |
17c | Lehavim, S.F.S. | Stony loess* | 307 | 6 |
15 | Nahshon, N.F.S. | Rendzina | 514 | 7 |
13 | Karei Deshe, meadow | Basaltic | 520 | 7 |
18 | Tirat Shalom, N.F.S. and hill‐top | Calcareous sandstone | 530 | 5 |
12 | Park Rabin, hill‐top, rock crevices | Terra rossa | 620 | 7 |
14 | Montfort, exposed terraces | Terra rossa | 810 | 9 |
N.F.S., E.F.S., S.F.S, North‐, east‐ and south‐facing slope, respectively.
Wadi, Dry river terraces.
* Loess‐derived soil (Serozem).