Aaaaahh! Every man for himself it's the attack of the killer invader tamerisks! Well, maybe it's not. Tamerisks, or plants of the Tamerix family aren't deadly. However, they, like many plants, are invaders in the United States. This interesting and widespread little plant was imported because of its beneficial qualities, such as heartiness and acclimation to salty soil, which soon caused the voracious species to spread across the country.
Tamari are a family of low growing shrubs or small trees with pink or white flowers and either reddish brown or purplish brown bark, which is smooth on young branches and rough on older branches. The flowers have four to ten stamen each and four to five petals, which are arranged in a disk shape to invite the insects that pollinate the plant. Small, feathery leaves prevent tamarisk plants from losing water too readily and add to its soft, decorative appearance. Tamerisk is also referred to as "salt cedar- partly because of the leave's resemblance to cedar leaves and partly because of the plant's propensity for alkaline soil (Taylor Ronald J 296). It is a very durable species; tamerisk roots often stretch over ten meters, or thirty-three feet, to reach the water below them, making them able to withstand dry conditions better than most plants. Sand and soil get trapped in their lower branches, which can then develop into roots to help cope with becoming buried (Moore, Plant Life 110, 111). Tamerisks can spread their tufted seedpods, each containing thousands of tiny seeds, by means of both air and water. They can also spread by means of their roots, which send out runners to start new sections of the plant. In these ways it is possible for the tamarisk plants to stretch quickly over wide areas of land (Muzika and Swearingen).
There are wide-ranging uses of the different species of Tamerisks. Tamerix gallacia is commonly planted as a windbreak in Mediterranean resorts (Moore, Illustrated Encyclopedia Vol.
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