The ability to produce adequate levels of biomass over a wide environmental range have been well documented.Haddad, and Maher M. Noaman, 2001. "Leaching requirement and salinity threshold for the yield and agronomic characteristics of halophytes under salt stress" El-Journal of Arid Environments 49:865–874 The plant is not seriously affected by insects, disease, or grazing, but the shoots cannot bear sand coverage.
