Acacia raddiana

Observations:

  • Wadi Hamra (Gilf Kebir)
  • Wadi Abd el Melik (Gilf Kebir)
  • Wadi Talh (Gilf Kebir)
  • Jebel Arkenu (main wadi)
  • Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat)
  • Wadi Handal (Jebel Uweinat)
  • Karkur Idriss (Jebel Uweinat)
  • Karkur Ibrahim (Jebel Uweinat)
  • Karkur Murr (Jebel Uweinat)
  • Wadi Wahesh (Jebel Uweinat)
  • Hassanein Plateau (Jebel Uweinat)
  • Wadi Waddan (Jebel Uweinat)
  • Emeri Highland (Jebel Uweinat)

    Acacia raddiana inhabits the three major valleys of the north western Gilf Kebir, Jebel Arkenu, and all major and minor valleys of Jebel Uweinat, including higher altitudes. It appears intermingled with Acacia tortilis (which some consider to be a sub-species). In middle Karkur Talh A. raddiana forms a dense savana like grove, while in the other valleys of Uweinat and the Gilf Kebir it is more sporadic.

       
         
    Wadi Hamra (Gilf Kebir), intermingled with A. tortilis, 2004/2005


         
    Wadi Abd el Melik (Gilf Kebir), October 2004

         		  Upper Wadi Wahesh (Jebel Uweinat), March 2005

         		  Karkur Ibrahim (Jebel Uweinat), October 2003

         		  Lower Karkur Murr (Jebel Uweinat), March 2004

         
         
    Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat), 2004

       
    Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat), October 2005

         
    Fresh shoot, Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat)
    October 2005

         		  Lower Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat)
    October 2005

         		  Upper Karkur Talh (Jebel Uweinat)
    October 2006

         		  Unnamed wadi near Karkur Murr (south Uweinat)
    October 2006

         
    "White spot", Hassanein Plateau (Jebel Uweinat), 2006

         		  Beside dry guelta, Hassanein Plateau (Jebel Uweinat), 2004 (Ochradenus baccatus at base)
         
    Main valley, Hassanein Plateau (Jebel Uweinat), 2006
         		  Upper main valley, Hassanein Plateau, 2006