The Bığbığ forest ivy is a natural monument at the Bığbığ locality on the Meydan plateau, in the Aladağ district of Adana, designated on 6 June 1994.
What is protected here is a single ivy plant, Hedera helix, estimated to be 4,000 years old. It stands 20 metres tall, measures 7.22 metres around and has a stem diameter of 2.30 metres.
There are no facilities on the site; what visitors do here is look at the plant. Stated capacity is 30 visitors and 5 vehicles. It is 10 kilometres from the town of Aladağ and 90 from Adana.
- Designated
- 6.06.1994
When to go
- Climate
- Across Adana as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 9.6 °C in January to 28.8 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, October and November; rainfall is heaviest in December (125 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
