![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/02t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/15t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/17t.jpg) Twig of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/18t.jpg) Brownish shoots of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/13t.jpg) Yellow shoots of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/12t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) turning yellow in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/06t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/09t.jpg) Salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar with plants of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mounds of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/10t.jpg) Salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar covered by plants of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/13t.jpg) Green mounds of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/917/jpeg/12t.jpg) Salt marsh overgrown mostly with jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/05t.jpg) Salt marsh with mats of jointed glasswort and cliffs of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/10t.jpg) Microbial mats in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/11t.jpg) Salt marsh with cyanobacterial mats near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/12t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/15t.jpg) Mat of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1488/jpeg/20t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cyanobacterial-algal mats in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/14t.jpg) Yellowish shoots of glaucous glasswort (Arthrocnemum macrostachyum) in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1525/jpeg/09t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/05t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) in windblown sand in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1525/jpeg/13t.jpg) Shoot of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1525/jpeg/16t.jpg) Branches of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) in sand on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/04t.jpg) Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) forming sand mounds in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/18t.jpg) Plant of Halocnemum strobilaceum in salt marsh on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/08t.jpg) Tidal streams in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/06t.jpg) Soil texture in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/04t.jpg) Tidal creeks in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/05t.jpg) Mud crab burrows in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/16t.jpg) Black cyanobacterial-algal mat in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mangrove trees (Avicennia marina) in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1508/jpeg/07t.jpg) Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) near tidal river in salt marsh near Al Thakira. Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/21t.jpg) Salt tolerant plant of Halocnemum strobilaceum on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1373/jpeg/11t.jpg) Salt tolerant plant Halocnemum strobilaceum on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1481/jpeg/09t.jpg) Salt tolerant plant Halocnemum strobilaceum on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 19, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/03t.jpg) Fall colors of glasswort Salicornia sinus-persica in salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/01t.jpg) Fall colors of glasswort Salicornia sinus-persica in salt marsh, view from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/20t.jpg) Mat of Halocnemum strobilaceum on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1483/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close up of Halocnemum strobilaceum near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1483/jpeg/14t.jpg) Halocnemum strobilaceum taken from area of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) in Al Khor. Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/824/jpeg/22t.jpg) Parasitic plant Desert Hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa, dhanoon, Tartuth) with a host plant, salt tolerant succulent Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (glasswort). Salt marsh near Mesaieed, Qatar, January 29, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2614/jpeg/27t.jpg) Perennial glasswort (Salicornia virginica) in a salt marsh on Clapper Rail Trail in Galveston Island State Park. Texas, December 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2614/jpeg/29t.jpg) Red and green colors of perennial glasswort (Salicornia virginica) in a salt marsh on Caracara Trail in Galveston Island State Park. Texas, December 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2614/jpeg/28t.jpg) Upper view of perennial glasswort (Salicornia virginica) in a salt marsh on Clapper Rail Trail in Galveston Island State Park. Texas, December 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/825/jpeg/04t.jpg) Salt marsh with plants of Glaucous glasswort (Arthrocnemum macrostachyum) in southeast coastal area near Mesaieed. Qatar, January 29, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/773/jpeg/10t.jpg) Red glasswort species in a salt marsh of Kuyalnik Liman. Odessa, Ukraine, July 4, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1513/jpeg/17t.jpg) Salt marsh with mangroves on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1513/jpeg/18t.jpg) Salt marsh at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1507/jpeg/26t.jpg) Beach in Al Thakira. North from Al Khor, Qatar, December 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1614/jpeg/17t.jpg) Salt tolerant gras Aeluropus littoralis(?) taken from salt marsh near Jebel Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, June 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1386/jpeg/02t.jpg) Rush (Juncus rigidus) in a salt marsh near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, April 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1372/jpeg/16t.jpg) Salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1369/jpeg/13t.jpg) Lotus glinoides with fruits in salt marsh near Zekreet in western Qatar, March 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/02t.jpg) Salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1386/jpeg/01t.jpg) Blooming rush (Juncus rigidus) in a salt marsh near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, April 3, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/03t.jpg) Salt marsh and Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/15t.jpg) Salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/09t.jpg) Seeds (nutlets) of rush (Juncus rigidus) taken from a salt marsh near Fuwairit in northern Qatar, September 20, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mangroves in salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1373/jpeg/13t.jpg) Small crab in salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1505/jpeg/22t.jpg) Camping tent(?) in salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1482/jpeg/17t.jpg) Brown cat sleeping in salt marsh on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, September 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/04t.jpg) Salt marsh and cliffs of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1488/jpeg/07t.jpg) Salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/02t.jpg) Salt marsh with a dead mangrove tree and Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at sunrise. Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/16t.jpg) Salt marsh with mangrove trees at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/07t.jpg) Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) in salt marsh on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1373/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) in salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1492/jpeg/01t.jpg) Salt marsh with breathing roots of mangrove (Avicennia marina) from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 24, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/11t.jpg) Mangrove forest (Avicennia marina) in salt marsh at low tide Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mangrove trees (Avicennia marina) in salt marsh at low tide Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/17t.jpg) Salt marsh with a mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1709/jpeg/02t.jpg) Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) in salt marsh, view from causeway of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 20, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/243/jpeg/21t.jpg) Salt marsh with tamarisk at Emek Zahar north from Mount Sdom. The Middle East, December 27, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/427/jpeg/15t.jpg) Salt Marsh east from north end of Bone Hill Road in Cape Cod. Barnstable, Massachusetts, December 16, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/925/jpeg/16t.jpg) Camels in a salt marsh near Mesaieed. Qatar, March 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/827/jpeg/25t.jpg) Salt-and-pepper moth (Utetheisa lotrix) or may be Utetheisa pulchella on glasswort near Ruwayda archeological site on northwest coast. Qatar, February 6, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/925/jpeg/15t.jpg) Grazing camels in a salt marsh near Mesaieed. Qatar, March 18, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1126/jpeg/08t.jpg) Seeding salt-marsh fleabane (Pluchea odorata) on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1126/jpeg/07t.jpg) Seeds of salt-marsh fleabane (Pluchea odorata) on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1777/jpeg/11t.jpg) Rush (Juncus rigidus) in a salt marsh near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, March 12, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/11t.jpg) Greenery of salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1126/jpeg/10t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of salt-marsh fleabane (Pluchea odorata) on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1579/jpeg/28t.jpg) Blooming rush (Juncus rigidus) in a salt marsh near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, April 17, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1579/jpeg/29t.jpg) Rush (Juncus rigidus) with flowers in a salt marsh near Fuwairit. Northern Qatar, April 17, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1607/jpeg/21t.jpg) Intertidal cyanobacterial mat in salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1191/jpeg/16t.jpg) Some sand mounds in shallow water of salt marsh near Jazirat Umm Tays, barrier island at northern tip of Qatar, east from Ruwais. Qatar, April 12, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1645/jpeg/07t.jpg) Mangroves in salt marsh from causeway to Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1607/jpeg/20t.jpg) Black cyanobacterial-algal mat in salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/07t.jpg) Rush (Juncus rigidus) on salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1124/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close up of a feeding salt marsh moth caterpillar on utility cutting in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, December 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1191/jpeg/15t.jpg) Mangroves (Avicennia marina) with aerial roots (pneumatophores) in salt marsh near Jazirat Umm Tays, barrier island at northern tip of Qatar, east from Ruwais. Qatar, April 12, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1191/jpeg/18t.jpg) Aerial roots (pneumatophores) of mangroves (Avicennia marina) in salt marsh near Jazirat Umm Tays, barrier island at northern tip of Qatar, east from Ruwais. Qatar, April 12, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1841/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dry mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) on salt marsh in Luwaima and Ras Al Qawar north from Al Thakhira. Qatar, June 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1124/jpeg/01t.jpg) Salt marsh moth caterpillars feeding on passion flower on utility cutting in Lake Bryan Park. Bryan, Texas, December 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1583/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) in salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 24, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/837/jpeg/24t.jpg) Aerial roots (pneumatophores) of mangrove in salt marsh in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/837/jpeg/25t.jpg) Dry papery stripes of seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) near salt marsh in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 1, 2010
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