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Received: 8 August 2024

Accepted: 5 May 2025

First Online: 10 July 2025

Declarations

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: The study does not include any animal or human subjects and no specific ethical approval is needed. Other necessary guidelines set by University of Agriculture, Faisalabad for handling of plant material during conduction of laboratory work were followed. All samplings were done with the least possible disturbances to plant communities and environment. After completion of study, all experimental materials were properly discarded/incinerated in a controlled environment to avoid bio-contamination.

: The voucher specimens used for plant identification are deposited to the herbarium facility of the Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, and are available for verification on request. Voucher number were 19-1-2018 (Moderately saline Bailahwala Dahar), 19-2-2018 (least saline Derawar Fort), and 19-3-2018 (highly saline Ladam Sir). The specimens were verified from Dr. Mansoor Hameed, Professor and Plant Taxonomist, Department of Botany, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan and Dr. Farooq Ahmad, Associate Professor and expert in Grass Systematics, Department of Botany, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. Specimens can be accessed by Corresponding author Syed Mohsan Raza Shah, Assistant Professor Department of Botany, University of Education Dera Ghazi Khan Campus, Pakistan). Anatomical slides, photographs and raw data calculated from these photographs are available can be requested if needed can be accessed by Syed Mohsan Raza Shah, Assistant Professor Department of Botany, University of Education Dera Ghazi Khan Campus, Pakistan.

: It is certified that the manuscript is the product of an original study and is submitted solely to this Journal for consideration. It is not submitted to any other Journal, in part or full, for simultaneous consideration nor has been previously published in any form or language (other than as a thesis of the first author, which is properly acknowledged). There is no plagiarism/self-plagiarism, salami-slicing/publishing, secondary publication nor near verbatim. All data presented in this manuscript is product of our own study and the manuscript does not contain any copyrighted material (data tables or figures). All results and data are presented clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation (including image-based manipulation).

: The contribution of all participants/parties involved in this study have been appreciated either in authorship OR acknowledged in the acknowledgement section. All contributors listed in this manuscript have substantially participated in this study and preparation of the manuscript.

: All authors agree to publish and there is no conflict for publication of this manuscript for publication in this Journal.