The Ghaf, the Al Samar and Al Sidr are the most important desert
trees and qualities they grow on their own, and overcome the weather
conditions, depending on rainfall, and without human intervention. They grow
through the sand, which emblazoned with attractive colors, and be a source of
live animals and birds and the bees, which gives vital of the desert.
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| Ghaf tree |
In addition to its role in modifying climate and deodorants,
and also contribute to soil fertility, reduce salinity, and remain green
throughout the year, and was an important source of shade for people and
animals that were fed them, and use the timber for fire and construction.
Distributed trees in the UAE desert constitute an important incentive to stay on
this earth since the beginning. In the following lines discover the home of the
spread of these wild trees, and its benefits, and the most important challenges
faced, and ways to maintain.
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| Samar tree Acacia tortilis |
Initially pointed Khalifa Dalmouk, a government employee in
Abu Dhabi said that the most important wild trees in the UAE is Ghaf
tree (Prosopis
cineraria), Al Samar or Al Salam (Acacia tortils) and Al Sidr. For the Ghaf - they
spread in the northern emirates of Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Quwain, Sharjah and
Al Ain, the area stretching from Ras Al Khaimah to the eye and some areas of
Dubai, such as Khawaneej and Fiqa.
The Al Samar trees are found in the gravel plains “Alsaouh”
and extend from Ras Al Khaimah to the eye, and in some sandy areas near valleys
thanks to the floods, as well as in the mountains.
The Al Sidr trees spread in the mountains, valleys and some
gravel plains and the little ones in the sandy areas, and the rest of the trees
added to grow as mangroves in the coastal areas of Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah
and Khor Kalba. There are small shrubs, such as Alerto and licensees and other
grow in sandy areas.
Benefits and
experiences
Threw parent Mohammed Khalfan Al Mutaiwee resident of Hatta
highlighted the benefits of desert tree species desert. The desert trees were
overflowing by the ground to facilitate their very own nature resources that
they rely upon.
The major benefit was from Al Samar trees and Al Sidr, in
order to grazing, because of his dependence on the milk of cattle and camels. They
are looking for pasture areas where those trees as well as plants are the main
source for grazing, as well as take advantage of firewood trees for the fire,
and loaded on camels to sell in the cities and buy their needs from its price.
Resistant to conditions
Mohammed bin Mejren Marar, a resident of Abu Dhabi, found
that Ghaf and Al Sidr are main two trees of the desert and they can grow in the
harshest conditions. Sidr are distinguished from that bees fed by its fruit and
gets them on the finest honey, and utilized wood in lighting the fire for long
five days, as well as the palm tree that grows in the salty earth, have the
ability to adapt to that environment.
He added: According to the report narrated by our
grandparents, these trees are here for over 200 years, and we see since the
last forty years the emergence of new types of trees through cultivation and hybrid
on farms, including almond tree that is planted between the palm trees and
cover under a large area of Earth compared to the rest of the trees.
Breathtaking views
Munther Al Noman bin Numan, a poet and a band artist said:
The Eye of the mountainous desert areas grows where trees that grow in the rest
of the areas in the UAE, including palm and Sidr, in addition to Ghaf trees
with greater intensity.
He concluded by saying: Due to the richness of this region
and the validity of its soil for the cultivation of other types of trees are
now seeing that the oasis of Al Ain is one of the most important and prominent
places where varieties of trees that are planted and hybrid in the UAE, the estimated
number of trees where thousands.
Food source
Found slaves sacrificed Kaabi, an expert nature of desert in
Ajman, that trees Ghaf and Sidr and the Al Samar are distributed in the valleys
and desert coral and sandy areas "runoff" In plain areas and mountain,
and longer these trees are a source of food for animals, people still benefit
from them in the food, such as tree leaves of Ghaf.
And their relationship with desert trees added: on road
trips mean the places where these and other trees, and we use firewood dry fuel
to the fire for the preparation of food, tea and coffee, and sit under the
shade in the daytime.
Reduction of
desertification
Nasser bin Dloan a member of a municipal council Batayeh and
Chairman of the Environment Committee said that the importance of these trees
come to reduce due to the processes of desertification and urban sprawl around
wilderness areas. So municipalities should keep people from cutting and
logging, and contrary to those who do so in mainland trips by the people and
contribute to environmental bodies in the increased cultivation in the
reserves, to prove the earth from erosion.
To maintain this wealth we must trim trees in the month of
November of each year, or at least every two years, and there are those who do
the job on its own initiative such as local tribes. The role of animals in
pruning by eating leaves and contributes to the transfer of seeds of trees.
These environments helps to create a perfect habitat for rabbits, foxes,
hedgehogs, lizards, and former gazelle and Oryx, and helps the birds that take
those trees nests, such as pigeons and sparrows.
At the end of his speech he wished to be familiar with and
aware of the practices that we do toward the trees and municipalities will distribute
Ghaf trees on ranches to be cultivated, because even if the transfer of his
estate from that area will keep the trees in place, especially as a perennial.
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