Diario del proyecto Flora in Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour

It was my first time going to Notre Dame De Jamhour forest and I was amazed by the diversity of plants I found there. I am in love with passionfruit, in fact, at home we extract the seeds from the liquid, add sugar and water and this produce a very delicious juice. A unique adaptation for passionflower : The passion fruit is acclimated to tropical/sub-tropical climates, it doesn't adapt well to extreme changes. They do require maintenance and proper conditions for ultimate growth. All plants developed and survived under the same conditions, in the same environment.

I stumbled upon a Wisteria plant in College Notre Dame de Jamhour. I was confused at first since they come from China, Korea, Japan,... And the environment and climate conditions in which they are are really different from the ones here

Phylogeny placement : Chinese wisteria

One adaptation that all observations have in common: All these plants were able to develop and flourish in the same environment, under the exact same circumstances ( temperature, climate, same soil, fauna ... )

One unique adaptation for this observation in particular: full sun / light shade in order for them to flower- moist soil- with a large high structure on which they can be trained against

This plant is native to East Mediterranean forests. So finding it in my high school's forest in Lebanon with the help of my high school's biology teacher was a great proof for what is known about this plant. But I was amazed to see the diversity of species found in a forest I thought I knew well and especially to see all those different species growing and existing in such a humid climate.