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NRLD - 330295 | Herniaria hirsuta

Assessment ID
330295
Taxon name
Herniaria hirsuta
L.
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Herniaria hirsuta
L.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
magnoliopsida
Order
caryophyllales
Family
caryophyllaceae
Genus
Herniaria
Species
hirsuta
Species authority
L.
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
United Arab Emirates (the)
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
United Arab Emirates (the)
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Least Concern
Abbreviated status
LC
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
Although the coastal range of this species may be at threat due to residential and commercial development, this species is also able to persist in mountainous areas such as the Ru'us al-Jibal and Jebel Hafeet. Within these areas, it utilises a range of altitudes. Therefore, it is assessed as Least Concern.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Within the UAE, it has been reported from R'as al-Khaimah, Fujairah, Masafi and the Ru'us al-Jibal (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Brown et al. 2007, Feulner 2011) and has been recently recorded from Jebel Hafeet (Sakkir and Brown 2014). In the Ru'us al-Jibal, this species is reported from 300-1,000 m altitude (G.R. Feulner, in lit, MEW 2010). Globally, the native range of this species spans across Africa, Europe and temperate Asia (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This annual herb species is covered in stiff white hairs (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Norton et al. 2009, Sakkir and Brown 2014). It is known to grow within sand and clay substrates in wadi and plateaux habitats (Jongbloed et al. 2003, Feulner 2011).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
This species may be negatively affected by ongoing development of coastal areas within the UAE. For example, this species used to be locally common in Al Jazirah Al Hamra in R'as al-Khaimah, although this locality has now been heavily developed (G. Brown pers. comm. 2019).
Publication
UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Allen, D.J., Westrip, J.R.S., Puttick, A., Harding, K.A., Hilton-Taylor, C. and Ali, H. 2021. UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants. Technical Report. Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates, Dubai.