Tamarix ramosissima
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Overview
- Appearance
- Tamarix ramosissima is a deciduous shrub that can grow up to 15-20 ft. (4.6-6.1 m) in height. This plant blooms from April-October.
- Foliage
- 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.
- Flowers
- The 5-petaled flowers are pale pink to white, in dense plumes that bloom from early spring to late fall.
- Fruit
- Fruit capsules contain numerous tiny (0.04 in. [0.1 cm] diameter) seeds.
- Ecological Threat
- Tamarix ramosissima invades stream banks, 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.
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