» Tamarisk redirects here. For other uses of tamarisk, see Tamarisk (disambiguation) The genus Tamarix (tamarisk, salt cedar) comprises about 50-60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa. They're evergreen or deciduous shrubs or trees growing to 1-18 m in height and forming dense thickets, The largest, Tamarix aphylla,'s an evergreen tree that can grow to 18 m tall. They usually grow on saline soils, tolerating up to 15,000 ppm solubl… (More on Tamarix)