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Tamarix
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100-400 m
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This species is known to occur in association with the following cover types (as classified by the Society of American Foresters):
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SAF COVER TYPES [86]:
39 Black ash-American elm-red maple
63 Cottonwood
67 Mohrs (shin) oak
68 Mesquite
70 Longleaf pine
81 Loblolly pine
88 Willow oak-water oak-diamondleaf (laurel) oak
93 Sugarberry-American elm-green ash
94 Sycamore-sweetgum-American elm
95 Black willow
220 Rocky Mountain juniper
221 Red alder
222 Black cottonwood-willow
235 Cottonwood-willow
237 Interior ponderosa pine
238 Western juniper
239 Pinyon-juniper
240 Arizona cypress
241 Western live oak
242 Mesquite
249 Canyon live oak
250 Blue oak-foothills pine
255 California coast live oak
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Conservation Actions
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Fl. Per.: April-November.
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This species is known to occur in association with the following plant community types (as classified by Küchler 1964):
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KUCHLER [142] PLANT ASSOCIATIONS:
K027 Mesquite bosques
K035 Coastal sagebrush
K036 Mosaic of K030 and K035
K037 Mountain-mahogany-oak scrub
K038 Great Basin sagebrush
K040 Saltbush-greasewood
K041 Creosote bush
K042 Creosote bush-bur sage
K043 Paloverde-cactus shrub
K044 Creosote bush-tarbush
K045 Ceniza shrub
K046 Desert: vegetation largely lacking
K048 California steppe
K049 Tule marshes
K053 Grama-galleta steppe
K054 Grama-tobosa prairie
K056 Wheatgrass-needlegrass shrubsteppe
K057 Galleta-threeawn shrubsteppe
K058 Grama-tobosa shrubsteppe
K059 Trans-Pecos shrub savanna
K060 Mesquite savanna
K061 Mesquite-acacia savanna
K062 Mesquite-live oak savanna
K064 Grama-needlegrass-wheatgrass
K065 Grama-buffalo grass
K066 Wheatgrass-needlegrass
K070 Sandsage-bluestem prairie
K071 Shinnery
K072 Sea oats prairie
K076 Blackland prairie
K077 Bluestem-sacahuista prairie
K078 Southern cordgrass prairie
K083 Cedar glades
K084 Cross Timbers
K085 Mesquite-buffalo grass
K086 Juniper-oak savanna
K087 Mesquite-oak savanna
K088 Fayette prairie
K090 Live oak-sea oats
K100 Oak-hickory forest
K112 Southern mixed forest
K113 Southern floodplain forest
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Tamarix ramosissima, commonly known as Saltcedar or Salt Cedar, is a deciduous arching shrub with reddish stems, feathery, pale green foliage, and characteristic small pink flowers.
Description[edit]
Tamarix ramosissima is a hardy shrub or small tree native to Europe and Asia. It is a vigorous, deciduous shrub grown for its ornamental reddish stems, its showy plumes of flowers and its unusual feathery leaves. Its hardiness and tolerance for poor soil make it a popular, easy to grow shrub. It can grow up to 8 m in height and up to 5 m in width. It can be used as a screen, windbreak, informal hedge or specimen shrub.[1]
Tamarix ramosissima produces upright racemes of small, pink, five-petaled flowers from late summer to early autumn which cover the new wood of the plant. It is tolerant of many soil types but prefers a well drained, light or sandy soil in full sun. This plant is considered an invasive species in warmer climates.[1]
Invasive species[edit]
Tamarix ramosissima is a major invasive plant species in the Southwestern United States and Desert Region of California, consuming large amounts of groundwater in riparian and oases habitats.[1] The balance and strength of the native flora and fauna is being helped by various restoration projects, by removing Tamarisk groves as if they were noxious weeds.[2]
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- CISR - Saltcedar Center for Invasive Species Research summary on Saltcedar.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Zouhar, Kris. 2003. Tamarix spp. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.
- ^ Afton Canyon Riparian Restoration Project Fourth Year Status Report. Bureau of Land Management. accessed 6/20/2010
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