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Tamarix tenuissima Nakai






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

⇒ Engler's syllabus エングラー体系

Tamarix L. (ギョリュウ)
Gyoryu (ギョリュウ, 御柳), salt cedar, five-stamen tamarisk or Chinese tamarisk
Lifeform: deciduous small tree, with ≈ 3-5 m h
Distribution: central and southern China (exotic to Japan) - Korea
Habitat: dry, saline soils (probably in the original regions)
Synonyms:

T. chinensis Lour., often used
T. juniperina Bunge

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Tamaricaceae Link


Four genera (controversial): no species are native to Japan
Hololachna Ehrenb.
Myricaria Desb.
Reaumuria L.
Tamarix L. (ギョリュウ)
50-60 species are distributed in Eurasia and Africa. All species in this genus are not native to Japan
T. aphylla (L.) Karst. (アフリカギョリュウ)
T. tenuissima Nakai (ギョリュウ)
T. mannifera Ehrenb. ex Bunge (マナギョリュウ)

Tamarix tenuissima in Hokkaido


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1] a transplanted tree. [2] a shoot with leaves and flowers. [3] close-up of inflorescences. The leaf looks like a needle leaf. [1-3] in front of GSEES, HU, on June 19 2010.

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