The impacts of Dust and Sand Storms (DSS) on people, crops, livestock, infrastructure and health are well documented. Data have accumulated on the deleterious effects of dust aerosols when they settle on plants. Sand blasting of low growing plants is a common cause of failure in reforestation efforts. Burial of plants by moving sands are […]
About 9% (349000 ha) of Khuzestan plain is the source of dust and it has seven dust hot spots. In this research, we investigated vegetation types, the floristic composition, life-form spectrum, and the phytogeography of the area during 2016–2020 by collecting vascular plants to provide an annotated checklist of the plants in Khuzestan province, Iran. […]
