ARAR: A vital pastoral shrub once widespread in the Hamad area of Saudi Arabia’s Northern Borders region has reappeared after a decades-long absence, the Saudi Press Agency reported recently.
Environment authorities have attributed the near extinction of the plant in the 1990s due to overgrazing.
Recently, the presence of the Salsola tetrandra shrubs had been reported in inaccessible, rocky areas, signaling the plant’s potential for recovery.ARAR: A vital pastoral shrub once widespread in the Hamad area of Saudi Arabia’s Northern Borders region has reappeared after a decades-long absence, the Saudi Press Agency reported recently.
Environment authorities have attributed the near extinction of the plant in the 1990s due to overgrazing.
Recently, the presence of the Salsola tetrandra shrubs had been reported in inaccessible, rocky areas, signaling the plant’s potential for recovery.