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Plant Profile  

Common Name: Saltcedar

Other Names: Tamarisk

Species Name: Tamarix chinensis

Plant Type: Woody

Family Name: Tamaricaceae, Tamarix Family

 

 

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin Eastern Asia
Duration Perennial
Distribution in the U.S. Western half of the country
Distribution in Oklahoma Throughout the state

 

 

ID Characteristics

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Soil Type Dry to waterlogged soil; Grows well in sand, clay and extreme saline soil
Habitat Floodplains, along irrigation ditches and around ponds
Successional Stage Early

 

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