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Tamaricaceae
French Tamarisk Flower
Tamarix gallica
Resilience in harsh conditions.
- Family
- Tamaricaceae
- Genus
- Tamarix
- Native to
- Western Mediterranean, Southern Europe
- Bloom season
- Late Spring, Summer
- Type
- Deciduous tree or shrub
- Height
- 15-25 feet
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil
- Sandy, well-drained, salt-tolerant
- Water
- Low
- Hardiness
- 6-9
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Did you know
- French tamarisk excretes salt through special glands on its leaves, allowing it to grow in saline soils.
- The feathery, juniper-like foliage gives the tree a delicate, misty appearance from a distance.
- Tamarisk species have become severely invasive in the American Southwest, consuming vast amounts of groundwater.
- The manna mentioned in the Bible is sometimes attributed to a secretion produced by scale insects on tamarisk.
- A single mature tamarisk tree can transpire up to 200 gallons of water per day through its deep taproot.
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