| 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, flowers with 5 pink petals each ~2m long; capsules in fall. | |