Tamarisks control option
  • Example of product names

  • Herbicide group

  • Application rate (with water unless indicated)

  • Situation

  • Timing

  • Comments

  • Legal status

Tamarisks

Tamarix parviflora and Tamarix ramosissima

Weed profile

  • Perennial
  • Tree
  • Hinders movement
  • Habitat: native vegetation

Impact

Invade coastal and riparian vegetation.

Description

  • Small trees to 6 m tall.
  • Branchlets covered in grey-green scale leaves that exude salt.
  • Flowers small, very numerous, pale pink.

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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