Tamarisk: Ecohydrology of a successful plant
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Abstract
This chapter explores the ecohydrology of tamarisk, with particular emphasis on water use, salt tolerance, potential for salinizing flood plains, drought tolerance and rooting depths, and ecological interactions with native plants on western rivers. It presents the working hypothesis that tamarisk is adapted to water stress, with low to moderate water use that tends to replace mesic vegetation when conditions on flow-regulated rivers become unsuitable for those species, rather than as an invasive species that displaces and out-competes native species under all conditions. It includes data on the annualized rates of evapotranspiration, transpiration, and stomatal conductance by tamarisk stands on western US rivers. It also cites the lack of evidence that simply removing tamarisk from a riverbank will improve salinity or allow native mesic vegetation to return.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Tamarisk: Ecohydrology of a successful plant |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199898206.003.0005 |
| Year Published | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher location | New York, NY |
| Contributing office(s) | Southwest Biological Science Center |
| Description | 22 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Monograph |
| Larger Work Title | Tamarix: A case study of ecological change in the American West |
| First page | 63 |
| Last page | 84 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |