Tamarix parviflora

Botanical Description

Tamarix parviflora is a deciduous shrub or small tree with a rounded crown; it usually grows around 2 - 3 metres tall but occasionally reaches 5 metres[ 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ]. The plant is often grown as an ornamental, valued for its showy, pink flowers in the spring. It can be grown as a windbreak hedge and also along the sides of streams to stabilize the soil. Tamarix parviflora is widespread with stable populations and does not face any major threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. Tamarix parviflora is cultivated as an ornamental and to provide shelter from the wind. It has an extremely high reproduction rate, the ability to produce seeds over a very long time period (throughout the growing season), very efficient means of seed dispersal, the ability to reproduce vegetatively as well as by seed, and mechanisms for rapid seed germination and seedling establishment. It has managed to become naturalized in several areas outside its native range and is a declared noxious weed in the USA[ 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ].