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The genus Tamarix (tamarisk, salt cedar, taray) is composed of about 50–60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa. [2] The generic name originated in Latin and may refer to the Tamaris River in Hispania Tarraconensis . [3]
Species Profile: Saltcedar. Lowers the water table and creates large deposits of salt in the soil (Di Tomaso 1998)
9 paź 2015 · Salt cedar, also called tamarisk, is a non-native plant that is often seen as an invasive and water-guzzling threat in the American Southwest. But some scientists argue that it is a natural response to the dams and drought that have altered the river ecosystems.
Tamarisk, also called salt cedar, common name for a genus of deep-rooted, deciduous trees and shrubs native from the Mediterranean region to northern China. Several species are grown as seashore windbreaks and others as ornamentals.
Tamarisk is an invasive shrub or small tree that is found across the American West. Also known as saltcedar, tamarisk favors sites that are inhospitable to native streamside plants because of high salinity, low water availability, and altered streamflow regimes created by dams.
15 sty 2018 · Saltcedar is one of several common names for an invasive non-native tree that is spreading rapidly through the intermountain region of the western United States, through the Colorado River Canyons,...
1 maj 2023 · Tamarisk, also known as salt cedar (scientific name: Tamarix), is a beautiful flowering shrub that thrives in gardens and coastal regions throughout the UK, although it's native to the Mediterranean and parts of Asia.
