Family: Tamaricaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
Native Range:
Old World; naturalized in the West Indies and North America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for disturbed areas and spontaneous after cultivation in the Turks and Caicos Islands (South Caicos, Grand Turk). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 973-975, with illustrations) for saline soils in the Turks and Caicos Islands (region 1).
Comments:
For images, visit the
Flora Vascular de Canarias website.
Synonyms:
Tamarix gallica of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not L.
