Tamaricaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Tamarix chinensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tamarix chinensis is a deciduous shrub or small tree that usually grows around 3 - 6 metres tall but can reach 8 metres tall with a trunk up to 30cm in diameter. Tamarix species are deep-rooted plants with taproots up to 30 metres long and lateral roots up to 50 metres long that can produce suckers[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. It is often grown as an ornamental. Tamarix chinensis has a very wide distribution in China, Mongolia, Taiwan and Japan. It is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2023)[ 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 chinensis is fast growing and adapted to extreme environments, with high seed dispersal and vegetative reproduction capacity. It can certainly become an aggressive colonizer on fertile soils and is considered as an alien invasive species in many USA States, being implicated in increasing soil salinity by deposition of saline leaf litter and interfering in natural aquatic systems[ 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). ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - northern and eastern China, Japan.

HabitatRoadsides and stream edges, mostly as the result of cultivation[ 147 Title A Barefoot Doctors Manual. Publication Author ? Publisher Running Press; Philadelphica. Year 1977 ISBN 0-914294-92-X Description A very readable herbal from China, combining some modern methods with traditional chinese methods. ]. Plains along rivers, sea shores, moist salty places, sandy places[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Arid or semiarid desert areas and saline-alkali fields or in moist habitat with saline soils[ 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. ].