saltland

It also includes areas of saltland vegetation enclosed within this zone (Zohary 1973), including: littoral saltland vegetation of Salicornietea europaeae, falling primarily in the northern part of this ecoregion; the Irano-Turanian saltland vegetation of Halocnemetea strobilacei; and the Saharo-Arabian saltland vegetation of Suadetea deserta.

Central Persian desert basins 2008

Dominated by a vast salt desert in the north and smaller areas of very hot sand and gravel desert in the east, the area’s vegetation ranges from sagebrush to saltland and psammophytic plants and includes chernopodiaceous communities in Afghanistan.

Central Persian desert basins 2008

In Iraq and Iran, the ecoregion corresponds to Zohary’s littoral saltland vegetation of Salicornietea europaeae and Irano-Turanian saltland vegetation of Halocnemetea strobilacei and Saharo-Arabian saltland vegetation of Suadetea deserta.

Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh 2008

Adjacent Iranian littoral saltland vegetation from Zohary’s geobotanical map of the Middle East is also included since it represents a similar halophytic environment.

Caspian lowland desert 2008