Tamarix willow

Tamarix, the first time I see this name, most people will regard him as "strange willow", but in fact he is next to the wooden character, read "support".

Tamarix chinensis Tamaricaceae >> Tamarix

There's nothing wrong with saying he's weird. In general, Tamarix does resemble weeping willow, with dense, slender branches and drooping leaves that resemble cypress or fir. The fine leaves covered all the branches of Tamarix chinensis, which looked hairy and like a clump of algae in the sea.

Tamarix's distribution is also relatively special, he likes to grow in a variety of harsh environments, such as coastal saline-alkali land and desert wasteland.

Several saline-alkali wetlands in Tianjin are full of Tamarix. At the beginning of May, Tamarix began to sprout. The dark and bald branches quickly turned green and became hairy in a few days. Most northern plants are like this, and after a long winter dormancy, spring bursts are also very rapid.

We can easily find pink in the furry--that's Tamarix flower.

Tamarix flowers are also hairy, old branches out of the top of many racemes, small and dense flowers, the branches of the pressure of low-hanging. The flowers are so tiny that it is difficult to see them clearly even with a magnifying glass. Most of his flowers are 5-petaled, each with 5 stamens and a trifid stigma.

Tamarix may not have grand flowers growing in barren land, but the flowers I saw in Beijing can be called spectacular. The trees droop like fireworks.

Tamarix's performance is not only in spring. Summer and autumn, Tamarix will continue to bloom. Therefore, he also has the individual name "three spring willows." Tamarix flowers in summer and autumn are different from tamarix flowers in spring. Spring out of the inflorescences thick short, large flowers, and summer and autumn out of the inflorescences slender, flowers on the inflorescences should also be smaller, the whole tree appears green fat red thin.

Photographed in Yuanmingyuan last October

Due to the good ornamental effect of Tamarix, there have been many Tamarix in northern cities as landscaping or garden flowers, while some cities in the south have also tried to introduce.

In addition to Tamarix, there are about 18 species of Tamarix in China, most of which are distributed in Northwest China, Inner Mongolia and North China.

[1]Common short-ear willow in desert, picture author р ий Ко нстан т и н о в и р ого в

I also saw a Tamarix in Lijiang ancient city, tall and incomparable, just do not know which kind.

[1]Author: р ий Ко нстан т и н о в и т и р о в

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