Meaning of salt cedar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The tamarisk, a plant of genus Tamarix.
2. Tamarix ramosissima, an tamarisk plant native to Eurasia, considered invasive in the Southwest United States.

Examples

“Until recently, a visit to the Colorado River’s delta, below Morelos Dam, would be met with a mostly dry barren desert sprinkled with salt cedar and other undesirable invasive plant species. Today, that arid landscape is broken up with large areas of healthy riparian habitat filled with cottonwood, willow, and mesquite trees.”

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