Taxon: Tamarix gallica L.

• the 4 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• French tamarisk   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• tamarisk   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• tamaris   (Source: J.-G. Fouché) – French
  
• Tamariske   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• keltisk tamarisk   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Italy [incl. Sicily]
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: United Kingdom
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Washington
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
• Baum, B. R. & M. Zohary. 1966. Monographic revision of the genus Tamarix. Final research report for the United States Department of Agriculture. 33.
• Baum, B. R. 1978. The genus Tamarix. 30.
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm. [re. French common names].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 4:431.
• Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Tamarix gallica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Tamarix gallica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Tamarix gallica.

Check other web resources for Tamarix gallica L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Tamarix gallica cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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