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Appendix List of Higher Names with Authors, Synonyms, and Family Name

Plant names with = sign before the name are synonyms or names that were commonly used for other in the past even if not strict taxonomic synonyms.

Abronia maritima S. Watson = sabulicola (see Stipagrostis) [Nyctaginaceae] = Aristida scoparia (see Stipagrostis) Abronia umbellata Lam. [Nyctaginaceae] Artemisia monosperma Delile [] Abronia villosa S. Watson [Nyctaginaceae] Artemisia tridentata Nutt. [Asteraceae] Acacia albida Delile [Mimosaceae] = Arthrocnemum glaucum (see A. Achillea millefolium 1. [Asteraceae] macrostachyum) Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer et Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (Moric.) Schultes) Barkworth [] Moris Delponte [Chenopodiaceae] Adonis dentata Delile [Ranunculaceae] Arundo donax 1. [Poaceae] Aeluropus lagopoides (1.) Twaites [Poaceae] = microcarpus Salzm. et Vivo Agathophora alopecuroides (Delile) Bunge (see A. ram os us) [Chenopodiaceae] Asphodelus ramosus 1. [Liliaceae] Agropyron dasystachyum (Hooker) Scrib. = Asthenatherum forskalii (Vahl) Nevski [Poaceae] (See Centropodia) = Agropyron junceum (1.) Beauv. (see annularis Forssk. [] farctus) Astragalus camelorum Barbey [Fabaceae] Ambrosia chamessonis (Less.) E. Greene Astragalus caprin us 1. [Fabaceae] [Asteraceae] A trip lex polycarpa (Torrey) S. Watson Ambrosia dumosa (Gray) Payne [Asteraceae] [Chenopodiaceae] Ammochloa palaestina Boiss. [Poaceae] A vena wiestii Steudel [Poaceae] Ammophila arenaria (1.) Link [Poaceae] Ammophila breviligulata Fern. [Poaceae] Baccharis pilularis DC. [Asteraceae] Anabasis articulata (Forssk.) Moq. Bassia muricata (1.) Ascherson [Chenopodiaceae] [Chenopodiaceae] Anastatica hierochuntica 1. [Cruciferae] Brachylaena discolor DC. [Asteraceae] Anchusa negevensis Danin [Boraginaceae] Bromus fasciculatus c. Presl [Poaceae] foveolatus Delile [Poaceae] Bromus tectorum 1. [Poaceae] Anthemis melampodina Delile [Asteraceae] = Aristida acutijlora (see Stipagrostis) Cakile maritima Scop. [Cruciferae] = Aristida amabilis (see Stipagrostis) Calligonum comosum L'Her. [] = Aristida ciliata (see Stipagrostis) Calligonum eriopodum Bunge [Polygonaceae] = Aristida drarii (see Stipagrostis) Calligonum lanciculatum N. Pavl. = Aristida hirtigluma (see Stipagrostis) [Polygonaceae] = Aristida karelinii (see Stipagrostis) Carduus getulus Pomel [Poaceae] = Aristida lanata (see Stipagrostis) Calystegia soldanella (1.) R. Br. = Aristida lutescens (see Stipagrostis) [Convolvulaceae] = Aristida obtusa (see Stipagrostis) Carex pachystylis J. Gay [Cyperaceae] = Aristida pennata (see Stipagrostis) Centaurea aegialophila Wagenitz = Aristida plumosa (see Stipagrostis) [Asteraceae] = Aristida pungens (see Stipagrostis) Centropodia forskalii (Vahl) Cope [Poaceae] Aristida purpurea Nutt. [Poaceae] Ceratonia siliqua 1. [Caesalpinaceae] 158 Appendix

Chamaesyce parryi (Engelm.) Rydb. Eremobium aegyptiacum (Sprengel) Boiss. [Euphorbiaceae] [Cruciferae] Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet [Bignoniaceae] Eremopogon foveolatus (Delile) Stapf Chondrila juncea L. [Asteraceae] [Poaceae] Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Pall.) Britton. Eriogonum latifolium Smith [Polygonaceae] [Asteraceae] Erodium crassifolium L'Her. [Geraniaceae] Cleome sparsifolia S. Watson [Capparaceae] Erodium laciniatum (Cav.) Willd. ritchii R. Br. [Liliaceae] [Geraniaceae] = Coldenia nuttalii Hooker (see Tiquilia) Erucaria pinnata (Viv.) Taeckh. et Boulos = Coldenia plicata (Torrey) COy. (see [Cruciferae] Tiquilia) = Erucaria uncata (Boiss.) Ascherson et Convolvulus lanatus Vahl [Convolvulaceae] Scweinf. (see E. pinnata) = Convolvulus soldanella L. (see Calystegia) = Euphorbia parryi (see Chamaesyce) Coridothymus capitatus (L.) Reichenb. ill. [] Fagonia arabica L. [ZygophyllaceaeJ. monacantha Delile Fagonia bruguieri DC. [Zygophyllaceae] [Chenopodiaceae] Fagonia glutinosa Delile [Zygophyllaceae] canescens Beauv. [Poaceae] Fagonia mollis Delile [Zygophyllaceae] Corynephorus divaricatus (Pourret) Breistr. Fagonia sinaica Boiss. [Zygophyllaceae] [Poaceae] Filago desertorum Pome1 [Asteraceae] Croton californicus Mue1l. [Euphorbiaceae] Crucianella membranacea Boiss. [Poaceae] Gagea dayana Chodat et Beauverd [Liliaceae] Ctenopsis pectinella (Delile) De Not. Gilia sp. [Polemonaceae] [Poaceae] Gymnocarpos decander Forssk. Cutandia memphitica (Sprengel) K. Richter [Caryophyllaceae] [Poaceae] Gypsophylla viscosa Murray Cyperus capitatus Vandelli [Cyperaceae] Cyperus conglomeratus Rottb. [Cyperaceae] Halocnemum strobilaceum (Pallas) MB. Cyperus macrorrhizus Rottb. [Cyperaceae] [Chenopodiaceae] = Cyperus mucronatus (L.) Mabille (see C. Hammada salicornica (Moq.) Iljin capitatus) [Chenopodiaceae] Cyperus sharonensis Danin et Kukkonen Haloxylon ammodendron Bunge [Cyperaceae] [Chenopodiaceae] Haloxylon persicum Bunge [Chenopodiaceae] = Dalea polyadenia Watts (see = Haloxylon salicornicum (Moq.) Boiss. Psorothamnus) (see Hammada) = Danthonia forskalii (Vahl) R. Br. (see Haplophyllum tuberculatum (Forssk.) Ad. Centropodia) Juss. [Rutaceae] canescens A. Gray [Asteraceae] Helianthemum kahiricum Delile [Cistaceae] Distichlis spicata (L.) E. Greene [Poaceae] Helianthemum ledifolium (L.) Miller [Cistaceae] Echinops philistaeus Feinbrun et Zohary Helianthemum lippii (L.) Dum.-Courset. [Asteraceae] [Cistaceae] Echiochilon fruticosum Desf. [Boraginaceae] Helianthemum sessiliflorum (Desf.) Pers. = hirsutus (Vahl) Bentham (see [Cistaceae] scindicus) Helianthemum stipulatum (Forssk.) C. Chr. Elymus farctus (Viv.) Melderis [Poaceae] [Cistaceae] Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & Sm.) Gould Heliotropium arguzoides Kar. et Kir. [Poaceae] [Boraginaceae] Ephedra alata Decaisne [Ephedraceae] Heliotropium digynum (Forssk.) C. Chr. = Ephedra alte C.A. Meyer (see E. aphylla) [Boraginaceae] Ephedra aphylla Forssk. [Ephedraceae] = Heliotropium luteum Poiret (see H. Ephedra strobilacea Bunge [Ephedraceae] digynum) Appendix 159

Hilaria rigida (Thunb.) Bentham [Poaceae] serrata Forssk. [Papilionaceae] Hippocrepis areolata Desv. [Papilionaceae] Ononis variegata L. [Papilionaceae] Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf [Poaceae] Orobanche cernua Loefl. [Scrophulariaceae] = (Roemer et Ifloga spicata (Forssk.) Schultz Bip. Schultes) Ricker (see Achnatherum) [Asteraceae] Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeuschel [Poaceae] Palafoxia arida B. Turner et M. Noris [Asteraceae] funcus acutus L. [Juncaceae] Pancratium maritimum L. [Amaryllidaceae] funcus arabicus (Ascherson and Buchenau) Pancratium sickenbergeri C. et W. Barbey Adamson [Juncaceae] [Amaryllidaceae] funcus bufonius L. [Juncaceae] turgidum Forssk. [Poaceae] Panicum urvilleanum Kunth. [Poaceae] Larrea tridentata (DC.) Coville. Papaver humile Fedde [Papaveraceae] [Zygophyllaceae] Paronychia arabica (L.) DC. = Lasiurus hirsutus (Vahl) Boiss. (see L. [Caryophyllaceae] scindicus) Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link [Poaceae] Henrard [Poaceae] = Pennisetum dichotomum (Forssk.) Delile Launaea resedifolia (L.) O. Kuntze (see P. divisum) [Asteraceae] Pennisetum divisum (J.F. Gmelin) Henrard Launaea tenuiloba (Boiss.) O. Kuntze [Poaceae] [Asteraceae] Pennisetum elatum Hochst. et Steud. Limonium axillare (Forssk.) Kuntze [Poaceae] [Plumbaginaceae] Petalonyx thurberi Gray [Loasaceae] Linaria haelava (Forssk.) Delile Phoenix dactylifera L. [Palmae] [Scrophulariaceae] Phragmites australis (Cav.) Steud. [Poaceae] Linaria tenuis (Viv.) Sprengel Picris asplenioides L. [Asteraceae] [Scrophulariaceae] = Picris radicata (Forssk.) Less. (see P. = Lithospermum callosum Vah! (see asplenioides) Moltkiopsis) Pistacia lentiscus L. [Anacardiaceae] Lobularia arabica (Boiss.) Muschler Pistacia terebinthus L. [Anacardiaceae] [Cruciferae] Plantago cylindrica Forssk. [Plantaginaceae] Lotus halophilous Boiss. et Spruner Plantago ovata Forssk. [Plantaginaceae] [Papilionaceae] Polycarpon succulentum (Delile) Gay Lycium schweinfurthii Dammer [Solanaceae] [Caryophyllaceae] Polygonum palaestinum Zohary Matthiola livida (Delile) DC. [Cruciferae] [Polygonaceae] Moltkiopsis ciliata (Forssk.) I.M. Johnston = Poterium spinosum L. (see Sarcopoterium) [Boraginaceae] Prosopis farcta (Banks et Solander) Macbride [Mimosaceae] Neurada procumbens L. [Rosaceae] Prosopis glandulosa Torrey [Mimosaceae] Nitraria retusa (Forssk.) Ascherson Prunus maritima Wangenh. [Rosaceae] [Zygophyllaceae] Prunus serotina Ehrh. [Rosaceae] Nitraria schoberi L. [Zygophyllaceae] Pseudorlaya pumila (L.) Grande Noaea mucronata (Forssk.) Ascherson et [U mbelliferae] Schweinf. [Chenopodiaceae] Psorothamnus polyadenius Rydb. [Papilionaceae] Oenothera californica (S. Watson) S. Watson Pteranthus dichotomus Forssk. subsp. eurekensis (Munz et Roos) [Caryophyllaceae] W. Klein [Onagraceae] = Oenothera ovita subsp. eurekensis (see O. Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb californica) [Papilionaceae] Ononis natrix L. [Papilionaceae] Rhamnus lycioides L. [Rhamnaceae] 160 Appendix

Rostraria smyrnacea (Trin.) H. Scholz Stipagrostis lanata (Forssk.) de Winter [Poaceae] [Poaceae] Rumex pictus Forssk. [Polygonaceae] Stipagrostis lutescens (Nees) de Winter [Poaceae] Salsola nollothensis Aellen Stipagrostis namibensis de Winter [Poaceae] [Chenopodiaceae] (Delile) N ees [Poaceae] Salsola tetrandra Forssk. [Chenopodiaceae] Stipagrostis pennata (Trin.) de Winter Salvadora persica 1. [Salvadoraceae] [Poaceae] Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hooker) Torrey Stipagrostis plumosa (1.) T. Andersson [Chenopodiaceae] [Poaceae] Sarcopoterium spinosum (1.) Spach Stipagrostis pungens (Desf.) de Winter [Rosaceae] [Poaceae] Satureja thymbra 1. [Lamiaceae] Stipagrostis raddiana (Savi) de Winter Savignia parviflora (Delile) Webb [Poaceae] [Cruciferae] (Pilger) de Winter Scabiosa eremophila Boiss. [Dipsacaceae] [Poaceae] Schimpera arabica Hochst. et Steudel Stipagrostis scoparia (Trin. et Rupr.) de [Cruciferae] Winter [Poaceae] Schismus arabicus Nees [Poaceae] Stipagrostis seelyae de Winter [Poaceae] Scirpus holoschoenus 1. [Cyperaceae] Suaeda vermiculata J.F. Gme!. Scrophularia hypericifolia Wydler . [Chenopodiaceae] [Scrophulariaceae] Swallenia alexandrae (Swalien) Soederstron glaucus 1. [Asteraceae] & Decker [Poaceae] Senecio joppensis Dinsmore [Asteraceae] Silene colorata Poiret [Caryophyllaceae] Tamarix aphylla (1.) Karsten Silene sedoides Poiret [Caryophyllaceae] [Tamaricaceae] Silene succulenta Forssk. [Caryophyllaceae] Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb. [Tamaricaceae] Silene villosa Forssk. [Caryophyllaceae] Tetradymia tetra meres (S.F. Blake) Strother Spartina patens Muhl. [Poaceae] [Asteraceae] = Sporobolus arenarius (Gouan) Duv.-Jouve Thymelaea hirsuta (1.) End!. (see S. pungens) [Thymelaeaceae] Sporobolus pungens (Schreber) Kunth = Thymus capitatus 1. (see Coridothymus) [Poaceae] Tiquilia plicata (Torrey) A. Richardson Stipa capensis Thunb. [Poaceae] [Boraginaceae] Stipa comata Trin. et Rupr. [Poaceae] Tiquilia nuttalii (Bentham) A. Richardson = Stipa hymenoides Roemer et Schultes (see [Boraginaceae] Achnatherum) Traganum nudatum Delile Stipa pellita (Trin. et Rupr.) Tzvelev [Chenopodiaceae] [Poaceae] Trianthema hereroensis Schniz [Aizooaceae] Stipagrostis acutiflora (Trin. et Rupr.) de Trifolium tomentosum 1. [Papilionaceae] Winter [Poaceae] Trigonella arabica Delile [Papilionaceae] Stipagrostis amabilis (Schweickerst) de Trisetaria linearis Forssk. [Poaceae] Winter [Poaceae] (Desf.) de Winter Uniola paniculata 1. [Poaceae] [Poaceae] Stipagrostis drarii (Taeckholm) de Winter Vitis vinifera 1. [Vitaceae] [Poaceae] Vulpia brevis Boiss. et Kotschy [Poaceae] (Trin. et Rupr.) de Winter [Poaceae] Zygophyllum album 1.f [Zygophyllaceae] Stipagrostis karellinii (Trin. et Rupr.) Scholz Zygophyllum dumosum Boiss. [Poaceae] [Zygophyllaceae] References

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abrasion 35, 40, 42, 48, 51, 78, 100, 102, caulid 107 103, 108, 130, 140, 142 chelating agents 106 abrasive 23, 66, 89, 101, 139, 142 circle 46, 62, 64, 80, 82, 119, 120 accumulation of sand 5, 6, 8, 21, 24, 47, clay 11,23,47, 104, 105, 107, 108, 111, 57, 65, 76, 77, 96, 120, 125, 148, 150, 115, 117, 118, 136-139, 148 153, 154, 156 coastal dunes 22, 61, 72, 83, 93, 94, 99, adaptation 23, 34, 38, 39, 41, 42, 48, 52, 100, 102, 107, 108, 148, 152-155 72, 74, 86, 93, 100, 103, 107, 121, 124, coUeters 66, 98, 99, 102, 104, 140 133, 136, 139, 141, 142, 144, 148, 150, colonizer 39, 40, 107 153, 155 commumtles 11, 18,22, 52, 72, 102, adhered sand 98, 99, 103, 104, 139 104, 112, 117-119, 121, 126, 143, adventitious roots 8, 27, 34, 38, 42, 46, 154 47, 52-54, 67, 74, 85-87, 98-100, 115, contracted pattern 25, 156 116, 120, 121, 123, 126, 128, 130, 134, contractile roots 82, 135 135, 143 convergence 106, 133 adventitious shoots 54, 67, 72 coppice dunes 8 affixed sand 13, 53, 66, 102-104, 140 cotyledons 101-103, 135 amelioration 105, 118 creeping 4, 25, 89, 136, 149 ants 16, 17 crest 24, 25, 131 appressed hairs 48, 58, 66, 89, 125 cyanobacteria 11, 13, 15, 18, 24, 104- avalanching 5, 136 107, 109, 115, 117, 119, 130 axillary buds 31,35, 38,49,51,55, 58, 66, 77, 78, 81, 95-97, 143 deflation 5, 21, 22, 26, 34, 39, 40, 45, bacteria, fIxing nitrogen 24, 80, 145, 47, 49, 54, 55, 64, 66, 67, 72-74, 83, 146, 148 86, 90, 92, 96, 99, 108, 115-117, 120, bark 42, 47, 65, 73, 76, 99, 130, 139 130, 134, 135, 139, 140, 143, 150 below ground parts 17, 32, 34, 40, 51, desert areas 3, 21, 25, 26, 35, 39, 77, 80, 66,95 86, 87, 89, 100, 102, 104, 108, 141, biological advantage 22, 26, 134, 152 142, 145, 148, 155 blowouts 22, 67, 69, 72, 143 desiccation 17,41,78, 86, 130, 139, border 15, 74, 108, 111, 123 140 bouncing 4, 5, 152 dew 11, 18, 108, 136, 144 brachyblastic 31, 35, 40, 51, 55, 58, 65, diaspore 38, 40, 41, 46, 49, 51, 57, 58, 76, 78, 80, 93, 94-96 74, 80, 91, 94, 99, 125, 149, 150-152, braided dunes 5, 10 156 bud bank 61, 95, 100, 140 diffused pattern 125, 128, 129, 156 burial 21, 58, 86, 92, 95, 98, 115, 125, directed wind dispersal 42, 150, 152 152 dispersal syndrome 150, 152 burrowing animals 15, 17, 117 disturbance 15, 17, 18 dolychoblastic 35, 40, 41, 51, 58 caespitose 32, 93, 95 domestic animals 17, 111 canopy 8, 46, 53, 130, 136-140 drag parachute 149 caryopsis 37,40,49,51, 58, 91, 149-152 dust fall 5 172 Subject Index ecomorphological 1, 25, 31, 41, 66, 67, intravaginal 31, 39, 49, 58, 64, 80, 94, 72, 76, 83, 93, 100, 120, 136, 140, 155, 97, 140 156 inundation 153 ecotone 27, 141 ectomycorrhizal fungi 148 Kelso Dunes 40, 41, 51, 80, 103, 129- ectozoochory 150 131, 156 endedaphic 106 Kyzilkum 87 endemic 42, 71, 125, 126, 128, 150, 155 endomycorrhizal fungi 148 leafy rhizome 31,32, 37, 55, 57, 58, 62, entangled 104, 105, 108 65, 77, 80, 81, 83, 95-98, 135, 140 environmental conditions 22, 52, 85, 88, leeward 8, 10, 38, 41, 53, 88, 90, 149- 100, 120 151, 153 eolian 3 lichens 15, 18, 104, 106-108, 130 epedaphic 106, 107 linear dunes 5, 10, 26, Ill, 112, 115 epicotyl 103, 140 lithosols 27 epidermis 40, 42, 51, 96, 139, 140 lizards 17 ergs 3 Eureka Valley 39, 127 management 15,26, III evolution 1, 22, 23 mass movement 5, 21, 25, 26 exposure 21, 40, 45, 47, 54, 62, 65, 73, mats 105, 108 76, 85, 86, 91, 116, 128, 134 mesocotyl 80, 91, 92, 103, 134 extravaginal 32, 40, 41, 49, 93, 94, 97 microbiotic crust 13, 15, 17-19,23, extreme desert 23, 25, 74, 77, 86-88, 89, 104-108, Ill, 113, 115, 117, 119, 120 100, 102, 108, 126, 127, 144, 145, 151, moats 113, 138 156 moisture 13, 18, 19,21-24, 35, 55, 58, 66, 105-108, 119, 140, 144, 145, 154 foredune 93, 94, 96 Mono Lake 52, 80 fungi 15, 17, 104, 107, 148 mosses 15, 17, 104, 107, 108, 117, 134, 154 genet 47, 80, 95 mucilage 13, 24, 104, 115, 145, 146 geocorm 33 mucilaginous sheath 13, 15, 105, 106 germination 22, 23, 46-48, 72, 88, 92, mulching effect 23, 27, 125 103, 123, 126, 134 mutualism 148 glandular trichomes 66, 98, 100 gliding 41, 49, 57, 87, 94, 101, 149, Namibia 1, 77, 88, 121, 144, 149 150-152 natural selection 1 glue 10, 104, 108 nebka 8, 10, 29, 41, 46, 47, 53, 64, 74, goats 17 91, 95, 121, 130, 137, 139, 153 granivorous animals 90, 149 nebkha 8 gravel plains 10, 23, 49 nitrogen 24, 80, 105, 145 green algae 106 nutrient 24, 93, 105, 144, 148, 154 grey dunes 93 obstacle 23, 77, 130, 139, 150 orthogeocorm 94, 140, 141 halophyte 10, 52, 72, 87 overgrazing 17 hydrohalophytes 27, 121, 155 Owens Valley 52, 121 hypocotyle 91, 92, 101, 103, 134, 135, 140 pachymorph rhizome 31 pappose diaspore 38, 149 indicator 5 parenchyma 51, 69, 82, 96, 143 intercalary meristem 64, 92, 141 periderm 143, 145 interdune 10, 25, 53, 88, 120, 154, 155 photo oxidative death 105 internebka 10, 53 phototactic movement 15 Subject Index 173 phreatophyte 52, 72, 123 sclerenchyma 40, 42, 139, 140 physiognomic 104 sclerophyllous 59, 93, 96 pigments 105, 109, 117 scutellum 91 pioneer 11, 24, 35, 39, 53, 105, 107, 155, seed bank 90, 103, 149, 151 156 seif dunes 5, 10,21, 131 plant succession 11, 26, 47, 54, 94, 101, seminal root 57, 89, 91 105, 107, 153 shadow dune 6, 8 plasticity 52, 58, 62, 66, 88, 135, 140 shootborne roots 34, 46, 47, 52, 53, 65, plinth 25, 51, 128, 130, 131 66, 73, 86, 99, 100, 119, 121, 130, 138, plumose 37, 38, 57, 149, 150 139, 143, 146, 154, 155 poikilohydric 10, 18 silhouette 96, 97, 138 polysaccharide 13, 106 silt 11, 23,47, 104, 105, 107, 108, 111, porcupines 17 115, 117, 118, 136-139, 148 pre adapted 135, 142 slipface 5, 21, 25, 136 protective 23, 100, 105, 145 slumping 5, 21, 25, 26 protonema 107, 108 solar radiation 51, 102, 105, 107, 109, psammophyte 89, 152 142 spines cent 40, 52, 74 ramet 31, 57, 58, 59, 76, 78, 80, 93, 94, spore 10, 17, 107, 108 96, 97 stability 11, 21, 26, 41, 47, 105, 116, reactive growth 34, 40, 41, 52, 54, 62, 119, 120, 129, 130, 136, 154 64-66, 76, 87, 91, 94, 99, 100, 107, stable dunes 17, 26, 52, 73, 93, 106, 135 111, 134, 135, 139-141, 143 stellate hairs 89, 130 reflectance 15, 17, 51 stolons 32, 47, 133 releve 113, 115, 117 suspension 5, 136 reworking 17 rhizode 32, 37, 40, 47, 51, 93-97, 140 rhizoids 107, 108 taproot 67, 86 rhizosheaths 24, 35, 38, 40, 41, 49, 51, texture 11,22,23,26, 115, 117, 118, 53-55, 57, 62, 65, 66, 80, 81, 96, 98- 127, 129 100, 144, 146, 155 thalli 10, 13, 15, 105 rhizosphere 8, 24, 27, 41, 121, 126, 144 tiller 31,35,37-41,49,51, 55, 58, 59, ripple 6, 8 64, 65, 77, 80, 93-97, 100, 139-141, rodents 17 143 rolling 4, 25, 40-42, 47, 49, 51, 74, 87, trampling 17, 18,23,26, 108, 119, 120, 89, 94, 125, 142, 151, 152 130, 131 root hairs 24, 57, 66, 81, 91, 103, 144, trap 10, 27, 53, 121, 137, 138 146 truffles 148 root system 21, 45, 46, 47, 66, 69, 74, tuberous rhizome 59, 65 86, 94, 115, 142, 144 tussock 32, 93 rootborne shoots 34, 54, 72 saksa'uI 87 viscid 66, 99, 101, 103, 104, 126, 139 salt marshes 27, 95, 121, 154, 155 saltation 3, 23, 25, 27, 89, 136, 149, 151 sand fixation 10, 15 wadi 10, 29, 126 sand movement 3, 5, 21, 26, 35, 41, 51, wind dispersed 17, 108 92, 130, 139 wind erosion 6, 8, 22, 26, 62, 65, 72, 74, sand seas 3 77, 108, 120, 137, 138 sand sheet 15, 27, 42, 47, 49, 69, 72, 73, wind velocity 6, 8, 22, 38, 47, 81, 105, 80, 81, 83, 85, 89, 96, 102, 111, 117, 118, 136-138, 149 119, 135, 143, 146 windbreak 57,86 Plant Index

Abronia maritima 98, 142 Cakile maritima 99, 134 Abronia umbellata 99, 142 Calligonum 58, 125, 150, 151 Abronia villosa 140 Calligonum comosum 42,46,47,54,80, Acacia alb ida 72 119, 137 Achnatherum hymenoides 80, 128, 130, Calligonum rubens 42 131, 145, 151 Calothrix 105 Aeluropus lagopoides 121 Calystegia soldanella 142, 146 Agathophora alopecuroides 128 Campylopus 108 Agropyron dasystachyum 145 Carex pachystylis 141, 146 Agropyron junceum 6 Centaurea aegialophila 99 Aloina 108 Centropodia forskalii 58, 89, 146, 155 Ambrosia dumosa 130 Ceratonia siliqua 155 Ammophila arenaria 93, 94, 100, 137, Chamaesyce parryi 140 139-141, 153 Chilopsis linearis 131 Ammophila breviligulata 94, 95, 135, Chondrilla juncea 99 137, 148 Chroococcidiopsis 105 Ammophila littoralis 148 Chrysothamnus nauseosus 52, 53 Anabasis articulata 86, 119, 120, 124- Cleome sparsifolia 140 126, 143 Collema 105 Anastatica hierochuntica 119 Convolvulus lanatus 52,73, 117, 120 Anchusa negevensis 71, 72 Coridothymus capitatus 99 Andropogon foveolatus 144 Cornulaca monacantha 74, 120 Aristida purpurea 145 Corynephorus canescens 94 Artemisia monosperma 47, 80, 115-117, Crossidium 108 120, 121, 123, 126, 139, 142, 155 Croton californicus 130, 140 Artemisia tridentata 52, 53, 80 Ctenopsis pectinella 116 Arthrocnemum 154, 155 Cutandia memphitica 90, 91, 103, 115, Arthrocnemum macrostachyum 155 116, 134, 141 Arundo donax 140 Cyperus capitatus 96, 97, 135, 139 Asphodelus ramosus 80, 81, 119, 120, Cyperus conglomeratus 65 135 Cyperus macrorrhizus 59, 80, 96, 135, Astragalus camelorum 124-126 140 Atriplex polycarpa 54, 127, 128, 146 Cyperus sharonensis 97, 135, 136, 139

Dalea polyadenia 52 92, 103, 128, 134, 140 Bacillus polymorpha 145 Didymodon vinealis 107 Barbula billardieri 108 Barbula torquata 108 Brachylaena discolor 154 Echinops philistaeus 65, 66, 116 Brachythecium albicans 107 Echiochilon fruticosum 69, 117, 155 Bryum 107, 108 Elionurus hirsutus 144 Bryum capillare 107 Elymus farctus 6, 61, 96, 136, 139 Bryum pendulum 107 Elymus lanceolatus 145 176 Plant Index

Ephedra aphylla 47 Panicum turgidum 33, 39, 49, 135, 140, Ephedra strobilacea 47 155 Eremobium aegyptiacum 89, 101, 115, Panicum urvilleanum 40, 41, 42, 92, 118, 151 131, 135, 140, 141, 151, 153 Eremopogon foveolatus 144 Pennisetum divisum 33, 39, 49, 140, 155 Erodium laciniatum 116, 117 Petalonyx thurberi 130, 139 Erucaria pinnata 117 Phoenix dactylifera 123 Phormidium 105 Fagonia arabica 102 Phragmites australis 146, 155 Fagonia bruguieri 102 Picris asplenioides 117 Fagonia glutinosa 102, 126, 127 Pistacia lentiscus 99, 155 Fagonia mollis 102 Pistacia terebinthus 99 Fagonia sinaica 102 Plantago cylindrica 89, 101, 117, 151 Polycarpaea 88 Gilia 140 Potamogeton 154 Prosopis farcta 72, 123 Halocnemum strobilaceum 121, 155 Prosopis glandulosa 22, 123, 135, 143 Haloxylon persicum 25, 86, 134, 138, Prunus maritima 99 151 Psorothamnus polyadenius 52, 128 Haloxylon salicornicum 85 Pterygoneurum subsessile 108 Hammada 85, 143, 151 Hammada salicornica 85, 143 Retama raetam 45, 74, 85, 116, 117, Heliotropium arguzioides 69 119, 125, 134, 138, 143, 155 Heliotropium digynum 69, 71, 115, 117 Rhamnus lycioides 99 Hilaria rigida 51, 130, 131, 151 Salix 154 IfLoga spicata 101, 117, 152, 155 Salsola nollothensis 121 Salsola tetrandra 128 funcus acutus 146 Salvadora persica 22, 123 funcus arabicus 155 Sarcobatus vermiculatus 10, 52-54, 72, 121, 146 Larrea tridentata 127, 130, 131 Sarcocornia spp 155 Lasiurus scindicus 33, 49, 144 Sarcopoterium spinosum 99 Limonium axil/are 121, 155 Satureja thymbra 99 Lithospermum callosum 67 Savignia parvifLora 100, 140 Lycium schweinfurthii 72, 116 Schizothrix 105, 106 Scirpus holoschoenus 146 Microcoleus sociatus 18 Scrophularia hypericifolia 120, 137 Microcoleus vaginatus 106 Scytonema 105 Moltkiopsis ciliata 54, 67, 69, 72, 116, Senecio glaucus 116 117, 155 Silene arabica 102 Silene succulenta 102, 142 Nitraria retusa 121, 155 Spar tina patens 95 Nitraria schoberi 121 Sporobolus pungens 6 Nostoc 105, 106 Stipa comata 145 Stipagrostis acutifLora 38, 39, 42, 126, Oenothera ovita subsp. eurekensis 128 139, 150 Ononis natrix subsp. stenophylla 102 Stipagrostis amabilis 150 Ononis serrata 102 Stipagrostis cf namquensis 39 Opuntia 130 Stipagrostis ciliata 40, 88, 118, 119, 138, 139, 149 Palafoxia arida 140 Stipagrostis drarii 138 Pancratium maritimum 99 Stipagrostis hirtigluma 88 Plant Index 177

Stipagrostis karelinii 150 Tetradymia tetrameres 51 Stipagrostis lanata 98, 100, 155 Thuidium furfurosum 108 Stipagrostis lutescens 39, 150 Thymelaea hirsuta 74, 134 Stipagrostis namibensis 89 Tiquilia plicata 128, 146 Stipagrostis obtusa 76, 80, ll9, 138, 139 Tortella calycina 108 Stipagrostis pennata 39, 150 Tortula princeps 108 Stipagrostis plumosa 54, 55, 58, 88, 96, Traganum nudatum 128 98, ll7, ll9, 146, 155 Trianthema hereroensis 144 Stipagrostis pungens 38, 135, 139, 150 Triodia basedowii 24 Stipagrostis sabulicola 39, 144, 155 Triquetrella papillata 108 Stipagrostis scoparia 10, 24, 34, 35, 42, 90, 91, 107, ll5, ll8, 120, 121, 126, Uniola paniculata 148 137, 139, 149, 150, 156 Stipagrostis seelyae 39 Vitis vinifera 29 Suaeda spp. 155 Vulpia brevis ll7 Suaeda vermiculata 155 Swallenia alexandrae 39, 42, 128, 152 Zanninchellia 154 Zea mays 145 Tamarix aphylla 22, 123, 135 Zygophyllum album 121 Tamarix cf. ramosissima 54, 146 Zygophyllum dumosum ll9