Coastal Vegetation of Bahrain Island PDF

Keywords

Bahrain, Coastal lowlands, vegetation, Habitat types

Abstract

Vegetation of the coastal lowlands of Bahrain Island has been surveyed on the basis of seven habitat types: mangrove, salt marsh, dunes, coastal sabkha, reclaimed areas, coastal plantations and agricultural wastelands. Most of the habitats are saline and plants are mostly halophytic. Dominant species vary from one habitat to another in the different saline areas. Habitats with low salinity are occupied by glycophytes. Key species in the vegetation of coastal lowlands of Bahrain are found in similar habitats in Arabia, particularly the eastern coasts of Saudi Arabia and Qatar.