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Mihrabat Nature Park | |
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Mihrabat Tabiat Parkı | |
Location | Mihrabat Cad. 50,
Kanlıca, Beykoz, Istanbul Province, Turkey |
Coordinates | 41°05′42″N 29°04′12″E / 41.09500°N 29.07000°E |
Area | 20.12 ha (49.7 acres) |
Established | 2011 |
Mihrabat Nature Park ( Turkish: Mihrabat Tabiat Parkı) is a nature park located on the Asian part in Beykoz district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. [1]
Situated southeast of Kanlıca neighborhood of Beykoz next to the Bosphorus, it covers an area of 20.12 ha (49.7 acres). It was established in 2011. [1]
The nature park offers outdoor recreational activities such as hiking, cycling and picnicing for visitors on daily basis. There are open-air basketball courts and football field. Access to the nature park is at Mihrabat Cad. 50. Admission is charged for visitors and vehicles. An open-air restaurant and a snack bar serve the visitors. Use of the nature park for events like weddings, music concerts and meetings is also permitted. [1]
The nature park is the habitat for diverse species of plant with deciduous trees in the majority. Present deciduous vegetation include common hornbeam ( Carpinus betulus), sweet chestnut ( Castanea sativa), oriental plane ( Platanus orientalis), silver linden ( Tilia argentea), kermes oak ( Quercus coccifera), Irish oak ( Quercus petraea), Norway maple ( Acer platanoides), Balkan maple ( Acer trautvetteri), crepe flower ( Lagerstroemia indica), Mediterranean hackberry ( Celtis australis), cigartree ( Catalpa bignonioides), Judas tree Cercis siliquastrum, common ash ( Fraxinus excelsior), silver wattle ( Acacia dealbata), cherry plum ( Prunus cerasifera) and southern magnolia ( Magnolia grandiflora). [1]
Present conifer trees are stone pine (Pinus pinea), Himalayan cedar ( Cedrus deodara) and Syrian juniper ( Juniperus drupacea). [1]
Foliage plants are Mediterranean cypress ( Cupressus sempervirens), giant cedar ( Thuja plicata), [2] oriental cedar ( Thuja orientalis), (Lebanon cedar ( Cedrus libani) and Greek juniper ( Juniperus excelsa). [1]
Shrubs in the park are goat willow ( Salix caprea), bay laurel ( Laurus nobilis), Chinese photinia ( Photinia serratifolia), laurestine ( Viburnum tinus), strawberry tree ( Arbutus unedo), English dogwood ( Philadelphus coronarius), European holly ( Ilex aquifolium), salt cedar ( Tamarix), weaver's broom ( Spartium junceum), scarlet firethorn ( Pyracantha coccinea), blackberry ( Rubus), Australian laurel ( Pittosporum tobira), butcher's broom ( Ruscus aculeatus), tree heath ( Erica arborea), Japanese privet ( Ligustrum japonicum), green olive tree ( Phillyrea latifolia), dog-rose ( Rosa canina) and common medlar ( Mespilus germanica). [1]
European ivy ( Hedera helix) is found in the nature as creeper plant. On the hillsides, flowering plants such as stonecrops ( Sedum hispanicum) and ( Sedum spurium), oleander ( Nerium oleander), rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) and nandina ( Nandina domestica )). [1]
Observed bird species in the nature park are sparrow, dunnock, common raven, woodpecker and European goldfinch. Other animals found in the park are hare, squirrel, tortoise, and lizard. [1]