Geographical Distribution of Decreasing Wild Plant Species in the Desert of Western Iraq | ||
| IRAQI JOURNAL OF DESERT STUDIES | ||
| Article 6, Volume 13, Issue 1, June 2023, Pages 51-61 PDF (1.88 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.36531/ijds.2023.139005.1029 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohammed Othman Mousa* 1; Suad Shallal Shahatha2; Inam Mohammed Ayyed2; Abdal-lateef Mahmood Ali3; Nihad Abood2; Fadhil Hussein Mukhlif2; Abdulkarem Ahmed meklef3 | ||
| 1Desert Development Department - Center for Desert Studies - University of Anbar - Ramadi - Anbar Governorate | ||
| 2Center of Desert Studies, University of Anbar, Iraq | ||
| 3Center of Desert Studies, University of Anbar, Ramadi, 31001, Iraq. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Over the past three decades, and based on field trips in the Western Desert District of Iraq, the distribution of a specific group of wild plant species diminishing has been followed up due to environmental conditions and climatic changes that occurred in this region. This study resulted in the registration of 12 wild species suffering from a state of decreasing, they are: Anastatica hierochuntica L., Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & kit., Calligonum tetrapterum Jaub. & Spach, Convolvulus oxyphyllus Boiss., Ferula ovina Boiss., Ferula rutbaensis C.C. Towns., Leontic leontopetalum H. Karst., Limonium lobatum (L. f.) Chaz., Prunus arabica (Oliv.) Meikle, Rheum palaestinum Feinbrun, Scorzonera papposa DC., Scorzonera schweinfurthii Boiss.. Maps of the species distribution were drawn according to the field trips, photographing their habitats with data such as common names, plant nature, duration and family name. The dry plant specimens were deposited in Anbar University Herbarium, with numbers 3750 to 3773, and by two samples for each species, which included information about each species. This study concluded that direct human intervention such as random plowing, excessive logging and early grazing, as well as the lack of rain, soil degradation, sand encroachment and climatic changes, all are negative factors that have led to a decrease in plant populations the Western District of Iraq, Therefore, this area is viewed with interest and work to preserve these plant species, which contributes to the recovery of this vital District. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| wild plants; decreasing species; geographical distribution; western desert; Iraq | ||
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