Scientific Name: Tamarix ramosissima
Common Name: tamarisk, salt cedar
Family Name: Tamaricaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia, Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)
Plant Type: Invasive plant, Tree - deciduous
Mature Size: 3 - 5m x 2 - 3m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Round
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Erosion control, Group or mass planting, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Scale-like, Sessile, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Rhomboidal, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Capsule, Brown
Key ID Features:
Twigs reddish, slender, arching; leaves pale gray-green, awl-like foliage (juniper-like), 1.5-3.5mm long; inflorescence of many racemes 2-7cm long x 3-4mm wide, florets with 5 pink petals each ~2m long; capsules in fall.