Tamarix gallica L., Tamaricaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  no

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results: 

Hawai‘i/Pacific:  High risk, score: 8.5 (Go to the risk assessment)
Risk assessment from the Government of Queensland, Australia (PDF format).

Common name(s): [more details]

English: French tamarisk, saltcedar, tamarisk

French: tamaris

Habit:  shrub/tree

Description:  "Shrub or tree less than 8 m.  Leaves 1.50-2 mm, linear to narrowly lanceolate, acute.  Inflorescence: spike 2-5 cm; bract oblong to lanceolate, acute to acuminate.  Flowers: sepals 0.5-1 mm, ovate, acute, outer slightly less than inner; petals 1.5-2 mm, elliptic to ovate; nectar disk lobes longer than wide, confluent with filaments" (Hickman, 1993; p. 1080).

Habitat/ecology:  "Washes, flats, roadsides; less than 300 m" (Hickman, 1993; p. 1080).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Southern Europe (Hickman, 1993; p. 1080).

Presence:

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
United States (west coast) United States (west coast states)	USA (California)	introduced	U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2011)
United States (west coast) United States (west coast states)	USA (Washington)	introduced	U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2011)

Also reported from
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
United States (continental except west coast) United States (other states)	United States (other states)	introduced	U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2011)

Control: 

Control information from the Bugwood Wiki.

Additional information:
Fact sheet from the Alien Plant Working Group.
Information from the Bugwood Wiki.
Species profile from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Invasive Species Information Center.

Additional online information about Tamarix gallica is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Tamarix gallica as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Tamarix gallica may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. U. Cal. Press, Berkeley. 1400 pp.

U. S. Government. 2011. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (on-line resource).

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2011. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. 2011. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.