Table 6.11. Species composition of Old Kingdom plant remains from Kom el-Hisn. The far right column contains percentages of each taxon not including the 7192 unidentified specimens.
| Type/Common name | Genus/Species | With Unidentified specimens | % not including Unidentified specimens | |
| N | % | |||
| Cereal grain | 348 | 3.25% | 9.80% | |
| Barley | H. sativum | 99 | 0.92% | 2.79% |
| Emmer wheat | T. dicoccum | 31 | 0.29% | 0.87% |
| NA | Unknown grain | 218 | 2.03% | 6.14% |
| Chaff | 616 | 5.75% | 17.35% | |
| Barley straw | H. sativum straw | 15 | 0.14% | 0.42% |
| Emmer straw | T. dicoccum straw | 601 | 5.61% | 16.92% |
| Field weeds | 1254 | 11.70% | 35.31% | |
| Canary grass | Phalaris sp. | 696 | 6.49% | 19.60% |
| Darnel | Lolium temulentum | 558 | 5.21% | 15.71% |
| Reeds and sedges | 181 | 1.69% | 5.10% | |
| Nutgrass | Cyperus sp. | 10 | 0.09% | 0.28% |
| Bulrush | Scirpus sp. | 36 | 0.34% | 1.01% |
| Sedges | Cyperaceae sp. | 135 | 1.26% | 3.80% |
| Fodder | 753 | 7.02% | 21.21% | |
| Clover | Trifolium sp. | 425 | 3.96% | 11.97% |
| Mustard family | Brassicaceae sp. | 120 | 1.12% | 3.38% |
| Dock | Rumex sp. | 158 | 1.47% | 4.45% |
| Vetch | Vicia sp. | 49 | 0.46% | 1.38% |
| Medick | Medicago sp. | 1 | 0.01% | 0.03% |
| Other/Unknown | 7567 | 70.59% | 12.73% | |
| Grass family | Graminae sp. | 436 | 4.07% | 12.28% |
| Goosefoot | Chenopodium sp. | 5 | 0.05% | 0.14% |
| NA | Unid. Seeds/frag. | 7126 | 66.48% | NA |
| Total | 10719 | 100.00% | 101.49% | |