Habitat diversity and floristic analysis of Wadi El-Natrun Depression, Western Desert, Egypt

• Monier M. Abd El-Ghani ^[1] ; Rim S. Hamdy ^[1] ; Azza B. Hamed
  1. [1] Cairo University

     Cairo University

     Egipto

     
• Localización: Phytologia Balcanica: International Journal of Balkan Flora and Vegetation, ISSN 1310-7771, Vol. 21, Nº. 3, 2015, págs. 351-366
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Despite the actual desertification in Wadi El-Natrun Depression nitrated by tourism and overuse by nomads,142 species were recorded. Sixty-one species were considered as new additions, unrecorded before in four main habitats: (1) croplands (irrigated field plots); (2) orchards; (3) wastelands (moist land and abandoned salinized field plots); and (4) lakes (salinized water bodies). The floristic analysis suggested a close floristic relationship between Wadi El-Natrun and other oases or depressions of the Western Desert of Egypt.