Stipagrostis raddiana | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Stipagrostis raddiana | (Savi) De Winter
Publication
UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Plants
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Within the UAE, this species is recorded from higher elevations in the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011). Brown and Sakkir (2004) report the species from rocky habitats in Abu Dhabi Emirate, without details. The draft Red Data Book for the UAE considered the species to be common in the northern region of the UAE (MEW 2010). The full distribution is not clear as a result of confusion with other members of the genus in the UAE. Globally, this species has a broad distribution that ranges from the eastern Sahara to Afghanistan in Asia (Clayton et al. 2006), being known from northeastern africa (Sudan, Egypt, including the Sinai Peninsula), Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, and around the Persian Gulf reaching Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. Records indicate a distribution in altitude that can range between 500 and 1,200 m asl across its global range (Ghasemkhani et al. 2008).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This perennial grass flowers during the summer (Masrahi et al. 2012). It can be found growing in desert areas and in semi-steppe shrublands and shrub-steppes (Danin 2015).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
Within the UAE, this species is recorded from higher elevations in the Ru'us al-Jibal (Feulner 2011). Brown and Sakkir (2004) report the species from rocky habitats in Abu Dhabi Emirate, without details, and the species was considered to be common in the northern region of the UAE (MEW 2010). The full distribution is not clear as a result of confusion with other members of the genus in the UAE. Although confirmation of the distribution in the UAE is required, it is assessed as Least Concern.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
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.
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
No threats affecting this species have been identified.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Stipagrostis raddiana Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Poaceae Stipagrostis