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Saltcedar

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Tamarix, commonly known as saltcedar or tamarisk, is a genus of some fifty to sixty species of flowering plants native to the drier regions of Eurasia and Africa, with a generic name that may derive from the Tamaris River in what was once Roman Hispania Tarraconensis, in present-day Spain.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Freshwater 1

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 2

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 3

Scientific Name

Tamarix 1

Identification

Distinguishing Appearance

Slender branches and grey-green foliage 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Saltcedar

In Biome

Source Tamarix - Wikipedia

In Ecosystem

Source Tamarix - Wikipedia

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Sources

1. Tamarix - Wikipedia

Lead paragraph, genus name
Tamarix
Description
Tamarisks are characterized by slender branches and grey-green foliage.
system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
The generic name originated in Latin and may refer to the Tamaris River in Hispania Tarraconensis (Spain).
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 286043
The genus Tamarix (tamarisk, salt cedar, taray) is composed of about 50-60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa.
article text (relationship to people), EntityId 286043
In some specific riparian habitats in the Southwestern United States and California, Tamarix ramosissima has naturalized and become a significant invasive plant species.
In Ecosystem: Great Plains, In North America
In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, tree-planting was used as a tool to fight soil erosion on the Great Plains, and different trees were planted by the millions in the Great Plains Shelterbelt, including salt cedars.
In Biome: Riparian Zone, As an invasive species
In some specific riparian habitats in the Southwestern United States and California, Tamarix ramosissima has naturalized and become a significant invasive plant species.

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2. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)

Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ164163, descriptionView the Source

3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Caryophyllales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12413

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12413

"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Caryophyllales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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Wikidata: Saltcedar

Wikidata Q164163, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Child Taxon Of: Magnoliopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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