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Weed Management Guideline for Tamarisk and Russian Oiive. Minecais <br />Proeram <br />Feb 8, 2Q116 <br />Salt Cedar (Tamarix asp) is a deciduow shrub or small tree growing 12-15 feet in height and forming <br />dense thickets. Salt Cedar establishes in areas where seedlings can be exposed to extended periods of <br />saturated soil for estnblishrrtent Salt Cedar an grow on highly saline and alkaline soils. It spreads <br />vegeffidvdy, by adventitious roots or wbmecged creme, and sexually through flowers that can each <br />produce thousands of titry seeds. Seedlings require extended periods of soil saturation for esffiblishmem. <br />Salt Cedar establishp in disturbed and undisturbed streams, waterways, bottomlanda, banks, and drainage <br />washes of natural or artificial water bodies, moist rangelands and pastures. <br />Rttuien olive is a member of the Oleaster family. Russian olive is an introduced, deciduous, shmb err <br />aural! tree usually !2 to 4S feet ffill, [t can grow up to 6 fee per year. At tltree yearn of age, plants begin <br />to flower end fruit [t forms a dense, rounded crown. hiear the ground its branches spread from 10 to 20 <br />feet ft has a deep taproot and well-developed iaterol root system, Because Russian olive is capable of <br />fixing nitrogen in its roots, it can grow on bare, mineral aubatrates and dominate riparian vegetation where <br />overstory cottonwoods have died Russian olive establishes in disturbed areas, successional fields. <br />pastures, ro~aides, surd hen escaped W invade prairies, open woodlands. and forest edges. <br />