Anatomical variation of some halophytes from different sites in Babylon Provinus ,Iraq

Abstract

Four halophytes species Cressa cretica, Aluropus lagopides, Alhagi maurorum and Juncus acutus L.were chosen from four sites within Babylon Provinus o study their stem anatomical adaptations to elevated soil salinity. Adaptations vary among species and main aptations were increased in fibers content in each of them ; while number of vascular bundle decease in both , Alhagi maurorum and uncus acutus L, and cortex thickness decrease in Alhagi maurorum but increased in Cressa cretica .