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Tamarix ramosissima, commonly known as saltcedar [1] salt cedar, or tamarisk, is a deciduous arching shrub with reddish stems, feathery, pale green foliage, and characteristic small pink flowers. The cultivar 'Pink Cascade' (dark pink flowered) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit .
They are evergreen or deciduous shrubs or trees growing to 1–18 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 –59 ft) in height and forming dense thickets. The largest, Tamarix aphylla, is an evergreen tree that can grow to 18 m (59 ft) tall.
Tamarix gallica: Tamarix parviflora: smallflower tamarisk Tamarix ramosissima: saltcedar Tribulus terrestris: goathead See also. Invasive species in the United States;
Field collections in Eurasia reveal that the larger tamarisk beetle feeds on at least nine species of tamarisks, including Tamarix ramosissima which is widely invasive in western North America. The larger tamarisk beetle will severely defoliate tamarisk in Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. [2]
This beetle is used in North America as a biological pest control agent against saltcedar or tamarisk (Tamarix spp.), an invasive species in arid and semiarid ecosystems (where D. carinulata and its closely related sibling species are also less accurately referred to as the 'saltcedar beetle', 'saltcedar leaf beetle', 'salt cedar leaf beetle ...
The Tamaricaceae, the tamarisk family, are a family of plants native to drier areas of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It contains four genera: Tamarix (with 73 species), Reaumuria (25 species), Myricaria (13 species), and Myrtama (a single species).
Tamarix ramosissima; S. ... Tamarix stricta; T. Tamarix tetrandra; U. Tamarix usneoides This page was last edited on 15 September 2015, at 13:59 (UTC). Text is ...
Tamarix africana: African tamarisk Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family) Tamarix aphylla: Athel tamarisk Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family) Tamarix chinensis: fivestamen tamarisk Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family) Tamarix gallica: French tamarisk Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family) Tamarix parviflora: smallflower tamarisk Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family) Tamarix ...