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NRLD - 330045 | Arundo donax

Assessment ID
330045
Taxon name
Arundo donax
L.
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Arundo donax
L.
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Plants
Flowering Plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
tracheophyta
Class
liliopsida
Order
poales
Family
poaceae
Genus
Arundo
Species
donax
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
Data Deficient
Abbreviated status
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
The species is common and widespread in the Hajar Mountains in the eastern UAE. Whilst almost certainly Least Concern in relation to its distribution and population size and trend, the species is considered Data Deficient given the significant uncertainty of the origin of the species in the UAE.
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
The species is common and widespread in the Hajar Mountains in eastern UAE (Jongbloed et al. 2003). Feulner (2011) records the species from a single native site ('Ayn as-Sih, wadi al-'Ayn) in the Ru'us al-Jibal, however this locality is in Oman. The species is also considered native to Abu Dhabi Emirate (S. Sakkir pers. comm. 2018), but the distribution there is uncertain, and its use as an ornamental plant in Abu Dhabi city is also reported. The species is listed as an introduced plant by MoCCaE (O. Al Shamsi pers. comm. 2019) and Al Mehairbi et al. (2019). The species is considered to be native from West and Central Asia to temperate East Asia, although only the 'Gulf States' is referred to, not the UAE specifically (Board of Trustees, RBG Kew 2019). GRIN (2019) cite only Saudi Arabia in the Arabian Peninsula; the true native distribution is obscure (CABI 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 species is found in or near water, in wadis and irrigated places (Jongbloed et al. 2003) and seepages (Feulner 2011). It is a perennial species with woody rhizomes that grows to 300(-600) cm and flowers from January to June (Jongbloed et al. 2003).
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
The species would be vulnerable to the decline in surface water, such as from long-term climate change.
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.