Athel pine control option
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Athel pine

Tamarix aphylla

Weed profile

  • Perennial
  • Tree
  • Weeds of National Significance (WoNS)
  • Hinders movement
  • Habitat: native vegetation, waterways

Impact

Excludes native plants along watercourses.

Description

  • Large tree with spreading branches.
  • Drooping, grey-green shoots have tiny scale leaves that exude salt.
  • Small, pale pink flowers.

Control options

Legal requirements in each region

To find out which landscape region you're in visit the NatureMaps website.

Alinytjara Wiluṟara

Eyre Peninsula

Green Adelaide

Hills and Fleurieu

Kangaroo Island

Limestone Coast

Murraylands and Riverland

Northern and Yorke

South Australian Arid Lands

Page Last Reviewed: 06 Sep 2021
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