Tamaricaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Tamarix gallica

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tamarix gallica is a deciduous shrub or small tree that can grow around 2 - 10 metres tall. 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[ 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 food, medicine and source of materials. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, where it can be used to make awind-tolerant hedge, and it is also planted near the coast to bind coastal sands. Tamarix gallica has a large extent of occurrence and is not reported as experiencing declines. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2018)[ 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 gallica is fast growing and adapted to extreme environments, with high seed dispersal and vegetative reproduction capacity. It has been widely grown as an ornamental, has become naturalized in some areas andcan certainly become an aggressive colonizer on fertile soils. It is considered as an alien invasive species in Texas[ 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 RangeWestern and central Mediterranean - Portugal to Italy and Morocco to Libya and south to Chad and Niger. Naturalized in Britain[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].

HabitatDamp ground near the coast[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. , 100 Title Flowers of Europe - A Field Guide. Publication Author Polunin. O. Publisher Oxford University Press Year 1969 ISBN 0192176218 Description An excellent and well illustrated pocket guide for those with very large pockets. Also gives some details on plant uses. ]. Edges of rivers and streams as well as in salt marshes, both coastal and inland. It can also behave as a pioneer species in soils with a certain degree of salinity[ 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. ].