Plants Profile for Tamarix chinensis (five-stamen tamarisk)

General Information
Symbol:	TACH2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Tamaricaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub Tree
Native Status:	L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Joe F. Duft. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, UT, Sevier Co., Fish Lake National Forest. July 15, 2001. Usage Requirements.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, CA, Mecca vicinity. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, UT, Zion National Park, Virgin River, above the lodge. Usage Requirements.

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Russian Federation. Usage Requirements.

Suzanne Foster. Provided by USDA Forest Service. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
TAJU	Tamarix juniperina Bunge
TAPE	Tamarix pentandra Pall.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Tamaricaceae – Tamarix family
Genus	Tamarix L. – tamarisk
Species	Tamarix chinensis Lour. – five-stamen tamarisk

Subordinate Taxa

This plant has no children

Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Colorado salt cedar B list (noxious weeds)
Montana Tamarix tamarisk, saltcedar Category 2 noxious weed
New Mexico Tamarix saltcedar Class C noxious weed
North Dakota saltcedar Noxious weed
South Dakota Tamarix salt cedar Noxious weed
Texas Tamarix saltcedar Noxious plant
Wyoming Tamarix saltcedar Noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Tamarix Tamarix chinensis Chinese tamarisk five-stamen tamarisk saltcedar tamarisk tamarix This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC	California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	FAC
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACW
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACW
Great Plains	FACW
Midwest	FACW
Northcentral & Northeast	FAC
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FAC