Tamarix gallica L., Tamaricaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  no

Threat only at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  High risk, score: 8.5 (Go to the risk assessment)

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).

Additional information:  Fact sheet from the Alien Plant Working Group.
Information from The Nature Conservancy.

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

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. 2006. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (on-line resource).

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2007. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.