TY - JOUR AU - EL-GHANI, Monier Abd AU - BORNKAMM, Reinhard AU - EL-SAWAF, Nadia AU - TURKY, Hamdiya PY - 2015/03/20 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Heterogeneity of Soil and Vegetation in the Urban Habitats of New Industrial Cities in the Desert Landscape of Egypt JF - Notulae Scientia Biologicae JA - Not Sci Biol VL - 7 IS - 1 SE - Research articles DO - 10.15835/nsb719433 UR - https://www.notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/9433 SP - 26-36 AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">The relationship between vegetation and soil supporting the habitats in 4 new industrial cities were assessed. Five main habitats were distinguished from inner city toward outskirts: lawns, home gardens, public gardens, waste lands and desert outskirts. After application of Twinspan, 26 vegetation groups were identified in the 5 recognized habitats, demonstrating that some groups are chatracteristic of a certain city, e.g. <em>Asphodelus aestivus - Deverra tortuosa - Thymelaea hirsuta</em> group was confined to the desert habitat of Burg El-Arab city; <em>Thymelaea hirsuta</em> - <em>Linaria albifrons</em> and <em>Atriplex halimus - Atriplex lindleyi </em>subsp<em>. inflata - Suaeda vermiculata - Typha domingensis</em> groups were found in the waste lands of Burg El-Arab city; <em>Conyza bonariensis</em> - <em>Cynodon dactylon - Sonchus oleraceus</em> group in the home garden habitat of 10<sup>th</sup> Ranadan city; <em>Cynodon dactylon </em>group in the lawns of Burg El-Arab city; <em>Bassia indica</em> -<em> Plantago major</em> group in the public gardens of Burg El-Arab city; <em>Oxalis corniculata - Plantago lagopus</em> group in the public gardens of 10<sup>th</sup> Ramadan city; <em>Sonchus oleraceus</em> - <em>Cynodon dactylon </em>and<em> Dactyloctenium aegyptium - Leptochloa fusca - Phragmites australis</em> groups in the public gardens of 6<sup>th</sup> October city. Silt, clay, organic matter, carbonates and carbon contents showed significant diffrences among the 5 habitats.</p> ER -