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Caragana halodendron
Also called Siberian Salt Tree, Siberian Sandthorn
Caragana halodendron is a species of flowering plant in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to a wide area of central Asia from Turkey in the west, south to Pakistan, north to southern Russia, and east to northeastern China; it typically grows on saline soils. It is known by several common names, including salt tree, common salt tree and Russian salt tree. It was formerly treated in its own genus as Halimodendron halodendron, but genetic analysis proved it to be embedded within the genus Caragana.
It is sometimes cultivated as an introduced species for its attractive flowers and ability to grow on difficult saline soils that few other plants tolerate. It is used for shelterbelts in Canada. It is naturalised in Central European Russia, Ukraine (including Crimea), the North Caucasus, and West Siberia; and in North America in Saskatchewan and Utah. It is sometimes a noxious weed. When introduced to areas of suitable climate, such as California where it is a known weed, it can invade cultivated land and spread relatively quickly.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Caragana halodendron by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
