 Little seed canary grass (Phalaris minor) in area of Jabal Al Jassasiya, on north-eastern coast. Qatar, February 12, 2016
 Spikelets of little seed canary grass (Phalaris minor) taken from southern section of Al Eithar Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, June 15, 2015
 Spikelets of little seed canary grass (Phalaris minor) on black background taken from southern section of Al Eithar Street in Onaiza area. Doha, Qatar, June 15, 2015
 Common salt grass (Aeluropus lagopoides) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Common salt grass (Aeluropus lagopoides) with spikelets on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Flower of mangrove (Avicennia marina) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Germinated seed of mangrove (Avicennia marina) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 9, 2014
 Ice plant (Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum and M. nodiflorum) with flower buds on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 White flower bracts of sea lavender (Qetaif, Limonium axillare) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Flower buds of a parasitic plant Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Seeds of mangrove with sea grass and crabs washed out on a shore of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
 Masses of sea snails on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Sea sponge at low tide on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Mud creepers at low tide on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Shells of sea snails on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Mud creeper snails on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Flower buds of Bienertia sinuspersici near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, October 17, 2015
 Germinating seeds of mangrove (Avicennia marina) with sea grass washed out on a shore of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
 Hill slope on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Early morning on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Mangrove marsh on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Rocky hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at low tide. Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum with dry flowers on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Purple shoot of parasitic plant Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth) emerging from sand on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum with seeds on rocks on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Mangrove (Avicennia marina) with flowers on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Small depression with grasses on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Mangrove marsh at low tide on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Sunrise over mangrove marsh on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Mangrove forest (Avicennia marina) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Dry wash on a hill slope on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Rocky slope of a hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Ruins of archeological camp on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Dry flower bracts of Sea lavender (Qetaif, Limonium axillare) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
 Shoot of seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Leaves of seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Accumulation of dry seeds of Medicago laciniata on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Blooming mangrove tree (Avicennia marina) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Beachrock and mangrove trees on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at low tide. Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Ice plants (Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum and M. nodiflorum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Remains of an excavation site (archeological dig) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Masses of dry flower buds of mangrove (Avicennia marina)(?) on littoral of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 29, 2015
 Reddish plant of slenderleaf iceplant (Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum) with a flower on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
 Back lit leaves of seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Succulent leaves of seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Shoot of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Sand ripples and rocky northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at low tide. Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Seablite (Suaeda vermiculata) near sandstone cliffs on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, June 18, 2016
 Ice plant (Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum and M. nodiflorum) seedlings on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) and ancient fish traps at low tide. Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Ice plants (Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum and M. nodiflorum) growing together on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Mangrove (Avicennia marina) with aerial roots (pneumatophores) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Seedlings of ice plant (Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum and M. nodiflorum) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Ice plant (Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum) on a rocky hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Emerging flower of Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2015
 Leaves of seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) with white backgrouns on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Branches of jointed glasswort (Halocnemum strobilaceum) in sand on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Intertidal stone fish traps at northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim) at low tide. Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Mangrove (Avicennia marina) with saplings emerging from aerial roots on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Mangrove (Avicennia marina) with aerial roots (pneumatophores) at low tide on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Emerging flower of Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) at sunrise near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2015
 Flower of Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) growing from sand near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2015
 Flower spike of Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) in sand near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2015
 Flower of Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) appearing from sand near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 6, 2015
 White flower of Egyptian Fig-marigold (slenderleaf ice plant, Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum, local name Ghasoul) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 1, 2010
 Flower spike of a parasitic plant Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 4, 2011
 Parasitic plant Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth) emerging from sand near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Small ice plant (Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum, Mesembryanthemum forskahlii, Mesembryanthemum forsskaolii, Opophytum forsskaolii, local name ghasoul) with a flower on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 2, 2016
 Pyramid flower spike of a parasitic plant Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 4, 2011
 Emerging parasitic plant Cistanche tubulosa (desert hyacinth, dhanoon, Tartuth) near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, January 9, 2015
 Zygophyllum simplex (Tetraena simplex) plant on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Beachrock near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
 Salsola soda (Suaeda maritima, Suaeda iranshahrii var. arabica) on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 28, 2016
 Pebbles in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 25, 2011
 Rocky tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 4, 2011
 Mud creepers at low tide Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
 Various weeds on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
 Elk(?) shell in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 1, 2010
 Sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
 Northern tip of Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, April 24, 2015
 Rocky beach in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 4, 2011
 Glasswort (Salsola imbricata) taken from Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, May 29, 2015
 Limestone cliffs in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 1, 2015
 Limestone hill on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
 Salt marsh near Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2014
 Shells of sea snails in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 4, 2011
 Mat of Halocnemum strobilaceum on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, November 28, 2014
 Surface of a hill top in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 14, 2015
 View from a hill in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2015
 Old vehicles on a beach in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 1, 2010
 Beach pebbles in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 25, 2011
 Stones on a hill top in Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, February 14, 2015
 Mangroves at sunrise on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, December 13, 2014
 Ancient ruins on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, March 7, 2015
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