region for the past 6,500 years. There are also a number of trees growing
wild, among them sycamore, mulberry, tamarisk, Acacia nilotica, Acacia nubica,
the Lebbach tree and, in Upper Egypt, the dum palm.
In the Nile river itself, as well as in the many irrigation and drainage
canals, there are large stands of aquatic plants of various kinds. The most
widespread today are bulrushes and the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes).
The latter originates from America and was imported via India to the Nile
as an ornamental plant, but has become an utterly undesired weed, which is
hard to eradicate (see Chapter 6).
wild, among them sycamore, mulberry, tamarisk, Acacia nilotica, Acacia nubica,
the Lebbach tree and, in Upper Egypt, the dum palm.
In the Nile river itself, as well as in the many irrigation and drainage
canals, there are large stands of aquatic plants of various kinds. The most
widespread today are bulrushes and the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes).
The latter originates from America and was imported via India to the Nile
as an ornamental plant, but has become an utterly undesired weed, which is
hard to eradicate (see Chapter 6).
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