Dry and Halophytic Garden

In recent years, increasing temperatures together with a reduction in rainfall has resulted in drier conditions which has created survival difficulties for many plants. Scientific research suggests that these conditions will increase, with the result, that if plants cannot tolerate these drier conditions, they will die. There are however some species which have adapted to survive with less water and these drought resistant plants offer us hope for the future. The aim of the Dry and Halophitic Garden is to enlighten visitors about some of these plants and to bring them to their attention. This Garden also aims to encourage research on the problems related with reduced water resources and thereby safeguard the security of our food in the future. Water is a valuable resource which we all take for granted and we need to learn to use it economically and wisely.
Information about plants which have low water consumption has recently gained greater importance. With this concept in mind, between August and October in 2007, a new Halophytic and Dry Garden was established at NGBB in Central Island. The first step was the environmental landscape construction work including providing two large isolation pools into which special soil was transported and retained before the plants could be collected and transplanted. Research work by scientists from Gazi University on the interesting and special flora around Tuz Golu (Salt Lake) in central Anatolia has been an important component of this experimental project. Many of these plants can be seen growing in NGBB where we are aiming to recreate several different steppe conditions found around Tuz Golu. Scientists have identified several endemic species and a unique flora which is able to survive severe drought conditions in sandy soil which in some places contains high levels of salt. These salt tolerant plants, (called halophytes) are able to thrive in these difficult conditions..
This Dry and Halophytic are of the Garden has six sections containing six different soil types. These are listed below together with some examples of the special plants which grow in each area.
1. Steppe soil with lime: Brought from the area around Susuzköy near Ankara.
Centaurea depressa, Iris schachtıi and Thymus sipyleus.
2. Soil with marl: Brought from Beypazarı, Acısu site near Ankara.
Acantholimon anatolicum, Centaurea nivea, Aethionema dumanii, Alyssum niveum and Astragalus densiflorus subsp. ayashensis.
3. Gypsum soil: Brought from Beypazarı, Acısu site near Ankara.
Onosma tauricum, Achillea ketenoglui, Salvia aytachii and Salsola grandis.
4. Volcanic steppe soil: Brought from Karadağ, Maden site near Karaman.
Chrozophora tinctoria, Heliotropium europaeum and Chenopodium botrys.
5. Salty soil: Brought from Tuz Gölü, Eskil Kelektome site, Konya.
Plantago crassifolia, Inula aucheriana, Salvia halophila and Limonium globuliferum.
6. Salty soil with sulphate: Brought from Tersakan Lake area, Konya.
Halocnemum strobilaceum, Juncus maritimus, Frankenia hirsuta and Limonium anatolicum.

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