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  • COMMON NAME: Leafy twig-rush, Saw Grass
  • ARABIC: الغصين المورق
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl
  • SYNONYMS: Cladium jamaicense
  • FAMILY: CYPERACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Pools
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Recorded in Wadi Wurayah and Wadi Jazirah near Al Ain.
http://www.levypreserve.org/Plant-Listings/Cladium-mariscus http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Cladium_mariscus Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
it was first recorded in 2009 by Valerie Chalmers, Vice Chairman and Plant Recorder of the Dubai Natural History Group. When not in seed, it is difficult to distinguish from the other large hygrophilous monocots present. grows as a clumping herb to 3 meters in height (typically 1.5 meters) that produces rhizomes. The leaves are arranged alternately, parallel-veined, to 150 cm in length, and have sharp saw toothed margins.The actinomorphic flowers are arranged in panicle. The individual flowers are arranged in spikelets of which there are 2-6 grouped at the ends of the inflorescence branches. The spikelets are subtended by 2-3 scales. The lower flowers in each spikelet are infertile. There is no calyx or corolla. There are 2 stamens. The ovary is superior with a single locule. The fruit is a brown achene at maturity.
recorded in only in a couple of wadis near or in freshwater pools; habitat prone to change or damage.
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