Alberta Invasive Plant Identification Guide
Alberta Invasive Plant Identification Guide
Alberta Invasive Plant Identification Guide
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Saltcedar<br />
Tamarix ramosissima , Tamaricaceae (Tamarisk Family)<br />
Category: Prohibited Noxious<br />
• Information: Introduced as an ornamental.<br />
• Life Cycle: Perennial deciduous or evergreen shrub or small tree, weed<br />
of waterways.<br />
• Root: Deep taproot and adventitious roots of stems and branches.<br />
• Leaves: Small leaves on green stems are alternate, overlapping, and appear<br />
scale-like. Foliage salty to taste.<br />
• Stems: 1.5-6m tall, highly branched, smooth, dark brown to reddish<br />
brown bark.<br />
• Flower: Small pink to white with five petaled flowers borne in finger like<br />
clusters on terminal and lateral branches.<br />
• Seed Fruit: Extremely small seeds with a tuft of hairs on tip are co<br />
tained in capsules.<br />
Control: Do not plant.<br />
Similar Species:<br />
Tamarisk, Chinese - Tamarix chinensis<br />
Tamarisk, Smallflower - Tamarix parviflora<br />
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Montana State University <strong>Invasive</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Identification</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>
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