The plant communities of the Western Desert of Egypt




Zur Erforschung der 'Western Desert of Egypt' (Ecological Studies in the Libyan Desert of Egypt and N-Sudan / vegetation ecology of the Sahara - 1982-1987) Zusammengestellt von Dr. Harald Kehl - ehemals TU-Berlin, Fak. VI, Inst. f. Ökologie (Compiled by Dr. Harald Kehl - formerly TU-Berlin, Fak. VI, Inst. f. Ökologie)
	Lecture: Vegetation ecology of tropical and subtropical climates

sEp		D2-12

The plant communities of the Western Desert of Egypt:

Bornkamm, R. & H. Kehl (1990) The plant communities of the Western desert of Egypt.- Phytocoenologia 19(2): 149-231.

Contents:

Chapter:	Titles:	Pages:

1.	Introduction	150
1.1.	Previous vegetation studies
1.2.	Geomorphology and geology
1.3.	Climate	152

2.	Material and methods	154
3.	Results	156
3.1.	Introduction

3.2.	Precipitation-dependent diffuse vegetation	157
3.2.1.	Plant communities of the littoral dunes
3.2.2.	Atriplex halimus - Lycium europaeum ass.
3.2.3.	Thymelaea hirsuta - Plantago albicans ass.	163
3.2.4.	Pituranthos tortuosus - Gymnocarpos decandrum ass.	167

3.3.	Precipitation-dependent permanent contracted vegetation	170
3.3.1.	Artemisia inculta - Carduncellus mareoticus ass.
3.3.2.	Anastatica hierochuntia - Anabasis articulata ass.	173
3.3.3.	Zygophyllum coccineum - Schouwia thebaica ass.	174
3.3.4.	Capparis aegyptia - Randonia africana ass.	179
3.3.5.	Stipagrostis plumosa ass.	180
3.3.6.	Suaeda fruticosa ass.	182
3.3.7.	Cornulaca monocantha - Fagonia arabica ass.	183
3.3.8.	Traganum nudatum stands	185
3.3.9.	Calligonum comosum ass.	186
3.3.10.	Zygophyllum album stands
3.3.11.	Francoeuria crispa ass.
3.3.12.	Woodlands	188

3.4.	Precipitation-depentend contracted accidental vegetation	194
3.4.1.	Zygophyllum coccineum - Salsola baryosma ass.	195
3.4.2.	Vegetation of the Gild Kebir area

3.5.	Groundwater-dependend vegetation	197
3.5.1.	Introduction
3.5.2.	Coastal salt marsh	199
3.5.3.	Oases
3.5.3.1.	General character of oasis vegetation
3.5.3.2.	Wild oases
3.5.3.3.	Oases with traditional land use system	209
3.5.3.4.	Oases with new land use system	212

4.	Discussion	214
4.1.	The higher phytosociological units
4.2.	The desert zones	219

	References	224

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List of ALL species of the Western Desert of Egypt and N-Sudan (Eastern Sahara),
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