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| Kingdom | Plantae |
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| Sub Kingdom | Tracheobionta (vascular plant) | |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta (seed plant) | |
| Division | Magnoliophyta (flowering plant) | |
| Class | Magnoliopsida (dicotyledon) | |
| Order | Violales | |
| Family | Tamaricaceae | |
| Genus | Tamarix | |
| Species | gallica | |
| Classification | L. | |
| Common Name | french tamarisk |
| Distribuzione | Southern and western Europe up to North Morocco (France, Spain, Balearic Islands, Corsica, Italy, Sicily). It is naturalised in North America. |
| Physical Characteristics | it is both arboreal and frutescent, up to 6-7 meters high, deciduous; it has a grey ridged bark. Branches are slender and flexible, sometimes cernuous. Alternate, lanceolate, very small, glaucous green leaves. Small, white or pink flowers, gathered in racemes, they are born on small branches of the last year and appear together with leaves. It flowers from April to June. The fruit is a dehiscent capsule and contains seeds with a tuft of hair. |
| Notes | it reproduces by vegetative propagation (by adventitious roots or submerged stems), or sexually. Each flower can produce thousands of seeds contained in a capsule and provided with a tuft which allows them to be dispersed by the wind. Seeds can be dispersed by water too. Seedlings need a long soil saturation for establishment. |
| Habitat | coasts, brackish waters, dunes, pebbly shores of streams. |
| Sources | |
| References | Floraguide Espana National Park Service |
| Web References | http://floraguide.es/ http://www.nps.gov/ |
| Source of the photo | http://217.58.198.67/prmenu/ctnatura/Simeto/SIM_TAM.html |
Tamarix gallica
