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  • Anabasis spp. and Salsola passerina-Anabasis spp. associations occur in lower areas and in lake basins.

    Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe 2007

  • Desert steppe, with Nanophyton, Salsola passerina, and Artemisia frigida, dominates in the Uvs lake basin.

    Great Lakes Basin desert steppe 2007

  • In addition to this it may be mentioned that polecats, kites, hawks, and owls visited the holes regularly, and preyed upon the mice caught in them; and a small owl, called by Pennant, Strix passerina, never known in the Forest before or since, appeared at that time, and was particularly active in their destruction.

    The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account 1846

  • Mountain partridge 3.409 Columba passerina Turtur minimus guttatus 1.26 Ground dove 4.404 Columba migratoria Palumbus migratorius 1.23 Pigeon of passage.

    Notes on the State of Virginia 1781

  • Chipping sparrows (Spizella passerina), on the other hand, are typical of small sparrows.

    xenogere 2009

  • Shrub communities around lakes include: Caragana pygmaea, Caragana bungei, Ceratoides paposa, Salsola arbuscula, Artemisia xantochroa, Salsola passerina, Kalidium gracile, Reaumuria soongarica, Haloxylon ammodendron or various saltwort species (e.g.,

    Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe 2007

  • Other shrubs include gray sparrow’s saltwort (Salsola passerina), gray sagebrush (Artemisia xerophytics), Potaninia mongolica, and Nitraria sibirica.

    Eastern Gobi desert steppe 2007

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