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Scientific Name:
Tamarix spp. (ITIS)
Common Name:
Saltcedar, salt cedar, tamarisk
Native To:
Eurasia (Carman and Brotherson 1982)
Date of U.S. Introduction:
Early 1800s (Carman and Brotherson 1982)
Means of Introduction:
Ornamental (Carman and Brotherson 1982)
Impact:
Lowers the water table and creates large deposits of salt in the soil (Di Tomaso 1998)
Distribution / Maps / Survey Status
University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.
Provides state, county, point and GIS data. Maps can be downloaded and shared.
USDA. APHIS. Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey. National Agricultural Pest Information System.
DOI. USGS. National Institute of Invasive Species Science.
Images
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Selected Resources
The section below contains highly relevant resources for this species, organized by source. Or, to display all related content view all resources for Saltcedar.
Council or Task Force
Alberta Invasive Species Council (Canada).
See also: Fact Sheets for more information about individual invasive species, including those listed as "Prohibited Noxious" and "Noxious" under the Alberta Weed Control Act
California Invasive Plant Council.
In online book: Bossard, C.C., J.M. Randall, and M.C. Hoshovsky (Editors). 2000. Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands. University of California Press. Berkeley, CA
Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.
Partnership
IUCN. Species Survival Commission. Invasive Species Specialist Group.
RiversEdge West.
Special Note: Formerly known as the Tamarisk Coalition.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Galveston Bay Estuary Program; Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC).
Federal Government
USDA. FS. Rocky Mountain Research Station. Fire Sciences Laboratory.
USDA. ARS. National Genetic Resources Program. GRIN-Global.
State and Local Government
King County Department of Natural Resources (Washington). Water and Land Resources Division.
Colorado Department of Agriculture. Conservation Services Division. Noxious Weed Program.
Academic
Columbia University. Center for Environmental Research and Conservation.
University of California - Riverside. Center for Invasive Species Research.
Professional
Citations
- Carman, J.G., and J.D. Brotherson. 1982. Comparisons of sites infested and not infested with saltcedar and Russian olive. Weed Science 30:360-364.
- Di Tomaso, J.M. 1998. Impact, biology, and ecology of saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) in the southwestern United States. Weed Technology 12(2):326-336.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Tamarix. [Accessed Sep 10, 2014].