Centaurea magnispina and Zygophyllum of Candahar are very common. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Other widespread associates are Dipterygium glaucum, Limeum arabicum, and Zygophyllum mandavillei. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands] Reference
In areas receiving over 100 mm of rain, other genera such as Pteropyrum, Zygophyllum and Amygdalus can also be found. From Wordnik.com. [Central Persian desert basins] Reference
These are formed by the nara plant, the pencil plant (Arthraerua leubnitziae) and the dollar plant (Zygophyllum stapfii). From Wordnik.com. [Namib desert] Reference
Outside the tree zone the dominant shrubs are Zygophyllum qatarense, Rhazya stricta and the endemic Ochradenus harsuticus. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman] Reference
Tamarix nilotica is the most prominent shrub, accompanied by the halophytes Salsola imbricata spp. gaetula, Zygophyllum coccineum and Cornulaca monocantha. From Wordnik.com. [Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley), Egypt] Reference
To the east are gravel plains that support a fairly dense shrubby flora made up of a mosaic of dominant plants, including several Euphorbia and Zygophyllum species. From Wordnik.com. [Succulent Karoo] Reference
A common feature of this strip are dwarf shrubs filled with sand between their branches, such as Psilocaulon salicornioides, Zygophyllum clavatum, Salsola aphylla, and S. nollothensis. From Wordnik.com. [Namib desert] Reference
Along the coast, halophytic species such as Suaeda, Atriplex, and Zygophyllum are common, together with plants such as Salsola longifolia, Heliotropium undulatum, and Lycium intricatum. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantic coastal desert] Reference
Other places that are slightly less arid support semi-desert shrub communities, comprised of wormwoods (Artemisia salsoloides, A. ordosica), beancaper (Zygophyllum xanthoxylum), and Calligonum mongolicum. From Wordnik.com. [Alashan Plateau semi-desert] Reference
Some evergreen perennials, such as Pityranthus tortuosus and Stachys aegyptiaca, may flower all year, whereas others have restricted flowering during the summer (Zygophyllum coccineum) or autumn (Haloxylon salicornicum). From Wordnik.com. [North Saharan steppe and woodlands] Reference
Elsewhere in the inter-montane areas, the vegetation is sparse, mainly Fagonia bruguieri, Zygophyllum simplex, Cornulaca monocantha, Citrullus colocynthis, Tephrosia and Indigofera spp. and the grasses Stipagrostis pungens and S. plumosa. From Wordnik.com. [Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger] Reference
Zygophyllum spp.), as well as non-succulent shrubs (e.g. Eriocephalus spp. From Wordnik.com. [Succulent Karoo] Reference
Rhagodia spp.) or Triodia hummock grasses with scattered Zygophyllum spp. shrubs. From Wordnik.com. [Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee] Reference
Zygophyllum arboreum, Jacq. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
Zygophyllum simplex, L. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 2] Reference
Zygophyllum album, L. Gallúm. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 2] Reference
Zygophyllum, 319. fnif r~. From Wordnik.com. [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference
Zygophyllum apiculatum, F.M. in Linnaea, 1852, page 373. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart] Reference
Mediterranean genera, Tribulus, Zygophyllum, and Fagonia, under. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
Zygophyllum, a beautiful Capparis, an Anthemis, Marrubium, Centaureoides. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The area contains a great diversity of ecosystems within a relatively small area: cold desert, sand dunes, semi-desert, desert steppe, shrub steppe, wetlands, salty marshes, floodplain forest, deciduous and boreal forests, taiga, alpine meadows and tundra. 552 plant species are recorded, 234 of them restricted to the mountains of southern Siberia and northern Mongolia; 52 are relict species, 19 are recorded as endemic to Mongolia and Tuva, but only five are endemic to Uvs Nuur: Astrogalus polozhinae, Juncus salsuginous ssp. tuvinicum, Stipa barhanica, Asragalus tuvinicus and Zygophyllum pterocaprum ssp. tuvinicum. From Wordnik.com. [Uvs Nuur Basin, Russian Federation, Republic of Tuva and Mongolia] Reference
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