Selected images for Athel tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla )
Salt cedar is deciduous shrub that can grow up to 15 feet in height. Leaves are small, scale-like, gray-green in color, and overlap along the stem. The bark is smooth and reddish on younger plants, turning brown and furrowed with age. Several species are considered invasive in the United States and distinguishing the species can often be difficult. Salt cedar invades streambanks, sandbars, lake margins, wetlands, moist rangelands, and saline environments. It can crowd out native riparian species, diminish early successional habitat, and reduce water tables and interferes with hydrologic process. Salt cedar is native to Eurasia and Africa and was introduced into the western United States as an ornamental in the early 1800s. It occurs throughout the western and central United States, but is most problematic in the Southwest.
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5163053 Athel tamarisk Tamarix aphylla Flower(s) Forest & Kim Starr |
5163068 Athel tamarisk Tamarix aphylla Foliage Forest & Kim Starr |
5163069 Athel tamarisk Tamarix aphylla Foliage Forest & Kim Starr |
5163072 Athel tamarisk Tamarix aphylla Plant(s) Forest & Kim Starr |
5163087 Athel tamarisk Tamarix aphylla Flower(s) Forest & Kim Starr |
5163088 Athel tamarisk Tamarix aphylla Flower(s) Forest & Kim Starr |
5164003 Athel tamarisk Tamarix aphylla Foliage Forest & Kim Starr |
5164004 Athel tamarisk Tamarix aphylla Foliage Forest & Kim Starr |
5164005 Athel tamarisk Tamarix aphylla Tree(s) Forest & Kim Starr |
5387656 Athel tamarisk Tamarix aphylla Flower(s) Joseph M. DiTomaso |
5392623 Athel tamarisk Tamarix aphylla Flower(s) John M. Randall |
5392624 Athel tamarisk Tamarix aphylla Foliage John M. Randall |
