Phytosociological Survey on the Central Coastal Lowlands of Eastern Saudi Arabia PDF

Keywords

East of Saudi Arabia, phytogeography, plants survey, biodiversity.

Abstract

The vegetation composition of the central coastal lowlands of Eastern Saudi Arabia was analysed. The appearance and distribution of the studied plant groupings were affected by atmospheric, edaphic conditions as well as topography Eighty seven species belonging to (33) families of flowering plants were recorded in the following seven plant communities which are dominated and co-dominated by (Zygophyllum qatarense), (Lasiurus scindicus and Lycium shawii), (Alhagi graecorum and Cynodon dactylon), (Phoenix dactylifera and Tamarix aphylla), (Aeluropus lagopoides and Sporobolus ioclados), (Halocnemum strobilaceum and Arthrocnemum macrostachyum) and (Avicennia marina).