Haloxylon scoparium

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae}}

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|image=Wadi Rum-Remth (6).jpg

|image_caption=In Jordan

|genus=Haloxylon

|species=scoparium

|authority=Pomel

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|synonyms=

  • Arthrophytum scoparium {{small|(Pomel) Iljin}}
  • Arthrophytum scoparium {{small|(Pomel) Iljin ex Maire & Weiller}}
  • Hammada articulata subsp. scoparia {{small|(Pomel) O.Bolòs & Vigo}}
  • Hammada scoparia {{small|(Pomel) Iljin}}

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Haloxylon scoparium (syns. Arthrophytum scoparium and Hammada scoparia) is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to semiarid north Africa and the Middle East.{{cite POWO |id=165856-1 |title=Haloxylon scoparium Pomel |access-date=10 July 2022 }} In flat areas it is often one of the dominant species.{{cite journal |title=Vegetative habitat selection of Scimitar horned oryx (Oryx dammah) in Bouhedma National Park, Southern Tunisia |year=2016 |last1=Traouit Beyouli |first1=Houssem Chedli |last2=Neffati |first2=Mohamed |journal=Journal of King Saud University - Science |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=261–267 |doi=10.1016/j.jksus.2016.04.003 |doi-access=free }}

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