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Tamarix
Also called Saltcedars
Tamarix is a genus of about 50 to 60 shrubs and small trees in the family Tamaricaceae, with feathery grey-green scale-like foliage and pink to white flowers. Commonly grown members are ornamental shrubs and windbreak trees, and they thrive in full sun and saline or alkaline soils.
The genus Tamarix (tamarisk, salt cedar, taray) is composed of about 50–60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa. The generic name originated in Latin and may refer to the Tamaris River in Hispania Tarraconensis (Spain).
Tamarix aphylla can spread both vegetatively, by submerged stems producing adventitious roots, and sexually, by seeds. Each flower can produce thousands of tiny (1 mm; 1/20" diameter) seeds that are contained in a small capsule usually adorned with a tuft of hair that aids in wind dispersal. Seeds can also be dispersed by water. Seedlings require extended periods of soil saturation for establishment. Tamarisk trees are most often propagated by cuttings.
Tamarisk species, notably T. ramosissima and T. tetrandra, are used as ornamental shrubs, windbreaks, and shade trees.
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