250 



500 



lOOOmg/g.h. 



-^ Tamarix Articulata 



Reaumuria Palastina 



■—' Lycium Arabic 



um 



Retama Roetam 



■J Artemisia Monosperms 



Zilla Spinosa 



Retama Duriaei 

 ■^ Nitraria Retusa 

 Salsola Autrani 

 Zygofyllum Dumosum 

 Haloxylon Salicornicum 



-^ Ochradenus Baccatus 

 Calligonum Comosum 



Salsola Villosa 

 Salsola Inermis 



-^ Haloxylon Articulatum 



3 



Noea Mucronata 



Arthrocnemum Glaucum 



I 



Anabasis Articulata 



Artemisia Herba Alba 



Acacia Raddiana 



Acacia Spirocarpa 



Atriplex Halimus 



Haloxylon Persicum 







250 



500 lOOOmg/g.h. 



Figure 3. 



Spring (white) and late summer (black) transpiration rates of dontinant 

 species of the I'alestine desert vegetation. 



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