FLORAL
1- Pyramid spikes of bright yellow flowers of a parasitic plant.
2- Desert Hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa) with a host plant, a salt tolerant succulent
3- Halophyte plant (Zygophyllum Qatarense).
- Halophytes:
A halophyte is a plant that grows in waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and seashores. An example of a halophyte is the salt marsh grass Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass). Relatively few plant species are halophytes – perhaps only 2% of all plant species. The large majority of plant species are glycophytes, plants which are not salt-tolerant, and are damaged fairly easily by high salinity.