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This book provides a detailed description on ecology and phytosociology of weeds of the main habitat types in El-Behira Governorate,Egypt.Also shed light on the economic importance of some selected plants by examining the nutritional composition of them as well as examine antimicrobial and antioxidant activities.The selected plant species may be added to the non conventional forage to be used as a rich green fodder for livestock in both summer and winter seasons due to high nutritive value and used as a raw material for various uses in industrial and pharmaceutical purposes due to relative high content of phenolics, tannins, saponins, alkaloids, flavonoids and high antioxidant capacity.

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Dr. Mohamed Abd El-Aal Lotfy Sadek,Lecturer of Plant Ecology, Department of Botany ,Faculty of Science, Mansoura University ,Egypt was born in Bani Ebied (Dakahlia Province) on March 27th 1982. He graduated (B.Sc.) on 2003 from Faculty of Science, Mansoura University and got his M.Sc(2008) and Ph.D (2013) degrees from the same University.

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