salt cedar

English

Tamarix ramosissima

Tamarix ramosissima in bloom

Alternative forms

• saltcedar

Noun

salt cedar (plural salt cedars)

1. The tamarisk, a plant of genus Tamarix.
   1. Tamarix ramosissima, an tamarisk plant native to Eurasia, considered invasive in the Southwest United States.
      • 2022 October 27, Julia Morton, “Restoration Efforts in the Colorado River Delta are Working”, in Audubon‎^[1]:

        Until recently, a visit to the Colorado River’s delta, below Morelos Dam, would be met with a mostly dry barren desert sprinkled with salt cedar and other undesirable invasive plant species. Today, that arid landscape is broken up with large areas of healthy riparian habitat filled with cottonwood, willow, and mesquite trees.

Further reading

• salt cedar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tamarix ramosissima on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tamarix ramosissima on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• salt cedar at USDA Plants database