Habitats in the Western Desert Electronic Herbarium From our Expeditions

Leptochloa fusca

Family	Gramineae
Synonyms	Festuca fusca, Bromus polystachios, Diplanche fusca, Megastachya uninervia
Local name	Heesh, Qasaba, Sayfoun
Habitat in Egypt	watersides, marches and as a weed of rice
Distribution	Tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World