climate change on UAE - Stockholm Environment Institute-US Center
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Annex 6: Important flora<br />
of the <strong>UAE</strong><br />
Sources:<br />
adapted from M.V.D. J<strong>on</strong>gbloed, G.R. Feulner, B. Bِer, A.R. Western, 2004. A comprehensive<br />
Guide to Wild Flowers of <strong>UAE</strong><br />
Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert (AT1306), 2008- Peer review in process<br />
Name of species/sub-species Habitat/locati<strong>on</strong> of species Status/c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong><br />
Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) Endemic to Arabia peninsula<br />
Endangered <strong>on</strong> the IUCN Red List (IUCN 2001);<br />
populati<strong>on</strong> numbers around 200,000 individuals,<br />
representing 15-33% of the estimated world populati<strong>on</strong><br />
(Aspinall 1995).<br />
Zygophyllum qatarense and Salsola imbricata as<br />
dominant species, with Heliotropium kotschyi,<br />
Fag<strong>on</strong>ia ovalifolia, Suaeda vermiculata and<br />
Panicum turgidum mixed in.<br />
sandy coastal strip with tidal lago<strong>on</strong>s<br />
mangrove<br />
- Avicennia marina<br />
- Arthrocnemum macrostachyum dominates the<br />
tideline,<br />
- various saltbushes such as Halopeplis perfoliata,<br />
Suaeda spp., Anabasis<br />
Setifera<br />
And<br />
Salsola imbricata.<br />
Cornulaca m<strong>on</strong>acantha,<br />
Heliotropium kotschyi and C<strong>on</strong>volvulus deserti .<br />
Near Abu Dhabi in many inshore islands<br />
-Halopyrum mucr<strong>on</strong>atum grass<br />
-Salsola imbricata.<br />
Further north in the low dunes al<strong>on</strong>g the seashore<br />
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