DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Tamarix aphylla | Athel Tamarisk 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Athel tamarisk is an introduced species native to Africa and the Middle
East [1,16,20,21].  It has escaped cultivation in some areas of the
United States but has not naturalized.  It occurs from southern Texas to
southern Arizona and California [1,16,20,31].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  HI  NV  NM  TX  UT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     AMIS  BIBE  DEVA  GRCA  JOTR  LAME


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   3  Southern Pacific Border
   6  Upper Basin and Range
   7  Lower Basin and Range
   12 Colorado Plateau
   13 Rocky Mountain Piedmont
   14 Great Plains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K019  Arizona pine forest
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K027  Mesquite bosque
   K033  Chaparral
   K034  Montane chaparral
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K039  Blackbrush
   K040  Saltbrush - greasewood
   K041  Creosotebush
   K057  Galleta - threeawn shrubsteppe
   K059  Trans-Pecos shrub savanna
   K071  Shinnery


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   68  Mesquite
   95  Black willow
   235 Cottonwood - willow
   237 Interior ponderosa pine
   238 Western juniper


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Athel tamarisk is sometimes found associated with the following species:
screwbean mesquite (Prosopis pubescens), big saltbrush (Atriplex
lentiformis), arrow-weed (Pluchea sericea), western honey mesquite
(Prosopis glandulosa torreyana), desert saltbrush (Atriplex polycarpa),
pickleweed (Allenrolfea occidentalis), and saltgrass (Distichlis
spicata) [27,33].

Related categories for Species: Tamarix aphylla | Athel Tamarisk