In India, certain places in Rajasthan and in many other deserted places, the soils are very salty because of presence of sodium chloride, calcium sulphate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride, etc. In these dry and salty habitats generally succulent xerophytes, e.g., Chaenopodium album, Suaedafructicosa, Haloxylon salicorneum, Salsola foestida, Tamara articulata grow very successfully and form micro-edaphic formations.