Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Tamarix chinensis, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Lour.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Fl. cochinch. 1:182. 1790	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1790	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Chinese tamarisk	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	NE. & EC. China	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	600 cm	600 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 214	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree, Shrub	Tree, Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Maximum height	empty	800 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 214	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fuel, medical, ornamental, other, salt_tolerant_ornamental, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 341, 414	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 180	Not on the record

Tamarix chinensis Lour., 1790 12% complete

Chinese tamarisk

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