Tamarix chinensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Tamaricaceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common names five-stamen tamarisk and Chinese tamarisk or saltcedar. It is native to China and Korea, and it is known in many other parts of the world as an introduced species and sometimes an invasive noxious weed. It easily inhabits moist habitat with saline soils. It may grow as a tree with a single trunk or as a shrub with several spreading erect branches reaching 6 metres (20 ft) or more in maximum height. It has been known to reach 12 metres (39 ft). It has reddish, brown, or black bark.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Five-stamen Tamarisk being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Tamarix ramosissima
- Tamarix gallica
- Tamarix africana
- Tamarix nilotica
- Tamarix canariensis
- Tamarix parviflora
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Tamaricaceae
- Genus
- Tamarix
- Species
- Tamarix chinensis
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