Wildflowers Bloom On Mount Arbel, Israel In The Spring

On our visit to Mount Arbel, just a 40 minute or so drive from our home in Northern Israel, we were in awe of the views, which you can see here, and in awe of the archeology, some of which you can see here, though I also realized that this was indeed a very special place as far as nature and ecosystems are concerned, as it is a plateau mountain just above the lowest fresh water lake in the world, which means all kinds of things. It is home to a diversity of plants, birds, and cliff-dwelling animals, and I did discover on the National Parks website that in fact there is a specific snail that lives on on Mount Arbel, and is unique to Mount Arbel, called Cristataria genezerethana; there are also rare plants like the bladder senna (colutea istria), rock scrophularia (Scrophularia xylorrhiza), and the wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria). Addtionally there is a bird that over-winters on Mount Arbel, and looks like a red butterfly in flight as well as nesting birds of prey, and many more.

While I did not identify any of these rare plants on our trip, I did take note of all the wonderful little wildflowers in bloom, which I am sharing with you here, enjoy!

Love the flower on the right, so beautiful and larger in person.
Red clover with pink flowers…..
These little purple flowers are delightful!
Beautiful grasses!