Tamarisk scrub of the semi-desert and desert zones of Central Asia, the Eastern Chinese and Mongolian deserts, Middle East and the Lower Volga River valley
Vascular plants: Aeluropus littoralis, Alhagi maurorum, Calamagrostis pseudophragmites subsp. dubia, Cynanchum acutum, Elaeagnus angustifolia, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Halimodendron halodendron, Karelinia caspia, Tamarix arceuthoides, Tamarix elongata, Tamarix hispida, Tamarix kotschyi, Tamarix laxa, Tamarix mascatensis, Tamarix octandra, Tamarix pycnocarpa, Tamarix ramosissima, Tamarix tetragyna