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Label

Accession No. 02773 
Family Tamaricaceae 
Species Tamarix chinensis Lour.
Common name "five-stamen tamarisk"
Collector Information S. Beatty  (s.n.)  10 June 1992 , with J. Nielson, C. Stevens
Geography United States,  Utah, Millard County
Lat./Long. 39°  7' 55" N, 112°  23 ' 58" W
Township/Range T19S, R5W, Sec. 27 
Locality about 5 miles NW of Holden. 
Ecology sand dune, desert community, high water table, Russian olive trees, abundant grasses. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.
Note Latitude and longitude were derived from township and range information and may be
inaccurate by as much as 0.7 miles (or 4.2 miles if the section is not given).

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Tamarix chinensis Lour.
     Tamarix pentandra Pallas

Common Name(s): China tamarisk, Chinese saltcedar, Chinese tamarisk, fivestamen tamarisk, five-stamen tamarisk, saltcedar, tamarisk, tamarix.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=22308, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Violales
                                Family: Tamaricaceae
                                    Genus: Tamarix
                                        Species: Tamarix chinensis
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 02773s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 00351s1.jpg 
00351
 specimen image: 00357s1.jpg 
00357
 specimen image: 00459s1.jpg 
00459
 specimen image: 01057s1.jpg 
01057
specimen image: 02165s1.jpg 
02165
 specimen image: 02204s1.jpg 
02204
 specimen image: 02597s1.jpg 
02597
 specimen image: 02717s1.jpg 
02717
specimen image: 02870s1.jpg 
02870
 specimen image: 09213s1.jpg 
09213
 specimen image: 10671s1.jpg 
10671
 specimen image: 10897s1.jpg 
10897
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11414
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11414

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
02772 Heliotropium curassavicum  var. obovatum   "seaside heliotrope" same section
02770 Ipomopsis congesta  var. congesta   "ball-headed gilia" same section
02771 Veronica anagallis-aquatica      "water speedwell" same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Eightmile Creek (Stream) Millard County, UT 0.9 mi. N   Duggins Creek 
Pioneer Wash (Valley) Millard County, UT 2.5 mi. S   Holden 
Greenwood (Populated Place) Millard County, UT 2.6 mi. E 4777  Holden 
Bald Mountain (Summit) Millard County, UT 4.1 mi. S 4915  The Sink 
Antelope Spring (Spring) Millard County, UT 4.4 mi. N 4689  McCornick 
Central Utah Canal (Canal) Millard County, UT 4.7 mi. N 4810  McCornick 
Pioneer Creek (Stream) Millard County, UT 4.3 mi. SE   Coffee Peak 
Duggins Creek (Stream) Millard County, UT 5.8 mi. NE   Duggins Creek 

Links

Taxon Links for species Tamarix chinensis  Lour.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Tamarix+chinensis

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