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Five-stamen Tamarisk
Plants

Saltcedar

Tamarix chinensis

Authorship: Loureiro

Notes

Introduced; Tamarix ramosissima is a synonym

Sources

[Lieb 1007, Worthington 17453]

Taxonomic Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumMAGNOLIOPHYTA (Flowering Plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (Dicots)
FamilyTAMARICACEAE (Tamarisk Family)
GenusTamarix
Specieschinensis

Recent Observations

Sourced from iNaturalist

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beth_hebertsonOct 24, 2026Castle Valley, UT 84532, USA
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Tamarix chinensis
abowronOct 24, 2026Albuquerque, NM, US
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klementina2Oct 24, 2026Lovran, Hrvaška
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tracy_gappaOct 24, 2026Ray Nixon Rd, Fountain, CO, US
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veronika_bogdanOct 24, 2026Нижня Горова вулиця, Cherkasy, Cherkasy Oblast, UA
柽柳 (opens in new tab)
柽柳
meiwangxianOct 23, 2026中国 天津市南开区 天津大学
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Five-stamen Tamarisk
priyankasumanOct 22, 20265VR2+W7J, Chatra Vilas Garden, Nayapura, Kota, Rajasthan 324001, India
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Tamarix chinensis
jess-jonesOct 22, 2026Amargosa Valley, NV 89020, USA
柽柳 (opens in new tab)
柽柳
meiwangxianOct 22, 2026中国 天津市津南区 辛庄
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Tamarix chinensis
catfacedgirlOct 21, 2026Veterans Oasis Park, Chandler, AZ, US

Conservation assessments from the following sources:

  • NatureServe Explorer
  • IUCN Red List
  • Texas Parks & Wildlife — Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN)
Conservation status by source
IUCN Red List
LCLeast Concern
NatureServe Global (opens in new tab)
GNRNot Ranked
NatureServe (Texas) (opens in new tab)
SNANot Applicable
Texas SGCNNot assessed