Tamarix africana
African tamarisk · also Saltcedar, Tamarisk, Tamarix
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Tamarix africana, also known as the African tamarisk, is a self-supporting tree species in the family Tamaricaceae with simple leaves. It can grow up to 6.3 meters tall and is native to the Canary Islands, and the Western and Central Mediterranean regions.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 270.00%—0.6 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Mature height
- 20.7 ft
Trunk diameters across every city: median 0.6 in, mean 0.9 in, 90th percentile 1.6 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests
- Northeast Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
Other Tamarix in the catalogue
8 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
