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Your search found 7 taxa in the family Tamaricaceae, Tamarisk family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
French Tamarisk
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tamarix gallica FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tamarix gallica FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tamarix gallica 128-01-001 FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
Habitat: Brackish marshes
Waif(s)
Non-native: western Mediterranean Europe
Common Name: Canary Island Tamarisk
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Tamarix canariensis FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tamarix canariensis FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tamarix gallica 128-01-001? FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
Habitat: Brackish marshes, coastal hammocks, coastal sands
Uncommon in GA & SC, rare in NC
Non-native: southwestern Mediterranean Europe, northeast Africa, Canary Islands
Common Name: Smallflower Tamarisk
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tamarix parviflora FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tamarix parviflora FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tamarix gallica 128-01-001? FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
Habitat: Coastal sands
Rare
Non-native: southeast Europe (Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey)
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Common Name:
Salt-cedar, Tamarisk
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tamarix ramosissima FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tamarix ramosissima FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tamarix gallica 128-01-001? FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
Habitat: Brackish marshes, coastal hammocks, dunes and coastal sands, sand and gravel bars along rivers, disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Asia
Common Name: African Tamarisk
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tamarix africana FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tamarix africana FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
Habitat: Brackish marshes, coastal sands
Non-native: southwestern Mediterranean Europe, northeast Africa, Canary Islands
Common Name: Chinese Tamarisk
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tamarix chinensis FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tamarix chinensis FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
Habitat: Brackish marshes, coastal hammocks, dunes and coastal sands, sand and gravel bars along rivers, disturbed areas
Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: China, Japan & Korea
Common Name: four-stamen tamarisk
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Tamarix tetragyna FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tamarix tetragyna FAMILY: Tamaricaceae
Habitat: Coastal sands
Rare or waif(s)
Non-native: Middle East
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