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LIST B <br /> Tamarisk (Salt cedar) - Tamarix chinensis <br /> Tamarisk (Salt cedar) - Tamarix parviflora <br /> Tamarisk (Salt cedar) - Tamarix ramosissima <br /> A small shrub or tree that reproduces vegetatively and by seed. Mature <br /> plants can produce up to 600,000 seeds that are viable for up to 45 days. <br /> It increases the salinity of the soil surface, which favors its growth while <br /> hindering native plant growth. It is often found in floodplains, along river / <br /> stream banks, irrigation ditches, and marshes. <br /> Identification: <br /> Flowers: Tiny, pink to white, 5 petals, slender flower stalks. <br /> Leaves: Small, scale-like (like juniper), bluish-green in color. <br /> Stems: Reddish-brown color. <br /> Control Methods: <br /> Biological: <br /> The Leaf Beetle, Diorhabda elongata, is available for control. <br /> Mechanical: <br /> Bulldozing can be used to open up large stands of salt cedar; follow up <br /> with herbicide treatment of re-growth when 1 to 2 meters tall. <br /> The cut-stump method can be applied with a chainsaw, or loppers for <br /> smaller plants. <br /> Chemical: <br /> Cut-stump method refers to mechanically cutting down the tree, then <br /> immediately applying herbicide to the stump. <br /> Imazapyr. Cut-stump - treat anytime except during heavy sap flow. <br /> Foliar - late spring to late summer. <br /> Triclopyr.. Cut-stump & basal bark - anytime, except when snow is <br /> present. Foliar - late spring to early fall. <br /> *Glyphosate: Cut-stump - treat anytime except when snow is present. <br /> Treat the cambium immediately after cutting. <br /> Thoroughly wet surface, but not to the point of run-off. <br /> *Non-selective chemical, will kill all vegetation it contacts 52 <br />