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Welcome to Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve
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Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve was declared as natural reserve on March
12th1992.
It is acknowledged internationally as being the southernmost limit for
the growth of the graceful species of Cilician fir.
The reserve extends over 350 hectares on the north western slopes of the
Mount Lebanon chain where elevations range from 1300 to 1950 m.
The forest location is influenced by features of the eastern
Mediterranean climate.
The various features have imprinted the forests' richness in floristic
composition, habitats, microhabitats and niches.
The reserve is sort of mosaics of cedar communities, juniper
communities, mixed cedar and fir communities, pine communities and oak
communities.Horsh Ehden forest is a unique assemblage of conifers, deciduous and evergreen broadleaf trees in an isolated phyto-climatic region with a highly varied topography. Indicators of the biodiversity of the protected area include (of the 2863 native plant species in Lebanon):
-1030 plant species
-39 tree species
-26 mammal species
-156 bird species
-300 fungi species
-3 of the 9 bio-geographic zones are recognised in Lebanon are represented in Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve, thus contributing to its nationally important biodiversity.
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