Tamarisk post anthesis

Description:

Tamarix chinensis Lour. (syn. T. ramosissima) is a Utah Class C state noxious weed and is the subject of significant and continual eradication efforts.The flowers are 5-merous (although, that is difficult to discern above). The shrubs/trees typically continue to produce a multitude of small flowers throughout the summer and into the fall leading to copious amounts of seed.Common names include Tamarisk, Saltcedar, Chinese Tamarisk and Five-stamen Tamarisk.August 4, 2012, along the Jordan River, mid-valley, Salt Lake County, Utah