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Tamarix aphylla is the largest known species of Tamarix, with heights up to 18 metres (59 ft). The species has a variety of common names, including Athel tamarisk, [1] Athel tree, and Athel pine. It is an evergreen tree, native across North, East, and Central Africa, through the Middle East, and into parts of Western and Southern Asia.
Tamarix aphylla (Athel tree), a large evergreen tree, does not sexually reproduce in the local climate and is not considered a seriously invasive species. [10] The Athel tree is commonly used for windbreaks on the edge of agricultural fields and as a shade tree in the deserts of the Southwestern United States. [55] Deciduous species
Diorhabda elongata is a species of leaf beetle known as the Mediterranean tamarisk beetle (MTB) ... (Tamarix spp.) and risks to non-target athel (T. aphylla) ...
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Tamarix aphylla: Athel Tree: Pigeon I., West Wallabi I. Naturalised. Harvey et al. (2001) list this as "Tamarix sp.", but T. aphylla is the only Tamarix species ...
Tamarix aphylla: Athel tamarisk Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family) Tamarix chinensis: fivestamen tamarisk Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family) Tamarix gallica: French tamarisk Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family) Tamarix parviflora: smallflower tamarisk Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family) Tamarix ramosissima: salt cedar Tamaricaceae (tamarisk family) Taraxacum ...
Athel tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) Mt. Atlas mastic tree (Pistacia atlantica) Imported plant varieties that may have been present in the gardens include the cedar, cypress, ebony, pomegranate, plum, rosewood, terebinth, juniper, oak, ash tree, fir, myrrh, walnut, and willow. [42]
By August 2010, the STB had defoliated about 23 miles of tamarisk along the Rio Grande near Presidio, but it was causing concern by also defoliating the related but non-target athel tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) trees, a taller species of tamarisk used around Presidio and neighboring Mexican communities for shade (Haines 2010).