Salt cedar
Tamarix tenuissima Nakai [Tamaricaceae]
Gyoryu (ギョリュウ, 御柳)
Lifeform: deciduous small tree
Distribution: central and southern China (exotic to Japan)
Habitat: dry, saline soils (probably in the original regions)
Tamaricaceae
Four genera (controversial): no species are native to Japan
Hololachna
Myricaria
Reaumuria
Tamarix
Tamarix L.
50-60 species are distributed in Eurasia and Africa. All species in this genus are not native to Japan
Tamarix tenuissima in Hokkaido
[Left] a transplanted tree. [Center] a shoot with leaves and flowers. [Right] close-up of inflorescences. The leaf looks like a needle leaf. In front of GSEES, HU, on June 19 2010.
References
- Field training on integrated environmental research 統合環境調査法実習
fauna and flora 出現種リスト