How to Use tamarisk in a Sentence
tamarisk
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Tree stumps and old fence posts rise amid the creosote and waist-high tamarisk.
—Anne Burke, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2018
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The beetles would not be in the United States if not for the tamarisk that thrives along riverbeds.
—Washington Post, 26 July 2019
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Cottonwoods, tamarisk and willows along the banks were felled and plants were cleared.
—Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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There are thousands of acres along the Gila of closely packed tamarisk.
—Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2020
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Dead tamarisks can litter the ground with leaves and increase wildfire risks.
—Washington Post, 26 July 2019
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In one corner of the garden, the team came across a remarkable sight: a tamarisk shrub that stood upright, its roots and trunk still attached.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 12 May 2017
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In one corner of the garden, the team came across a remarkable sight: a tamarisk shrub that stood upright, its roots and trunk still attached.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 12 May 2017
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Meanwhile invasive Russian olive and tamarisk trees have moved in beneath the canopy, all fire-prone species.
—Jim Robbins, Wired, 25 June 2022
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Miles from civilization, they were hemmed in by thickets of willow and tamarisk along both banks of the river.
—Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022
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Take a dip in the shallow waters, sunbathe under the tamarisk trees, and don't forget to buy a beer from the cafe — that donkey didn't come here for nothing.
—Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
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Levi Jamison nets and counts tamarisk beetles in New Mexico.
—Katherine Mast, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2019
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Salt cedar, or tamarisk, grows rapidly from seedlings and is difficult to eradicate.
—Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
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Without native trees, flycatchers were left to seek new nesting sites in tamarisks.
—Washington Post, 26 July 2019
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Invasive species like tamarisk trees and phragmites, a reed that chokes out native water plants, have been rooted out.
—AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2022
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The federal government released tamarisk beetles, which are native to Asia, in Utah in the early 2000s as a way to control salt cedars there.
—Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2020
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Shady Fremont cottonwoods, the dominant tree along the Salt River, fanned through the new water system, along with willows and tamarisk.
—Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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Fed by spring water — unusual for the Salton Sea — these areas are now home to small shorebirds who flit about pools of water amid grasses and invasive tamarisk.
—Henry Fountain Mette Lampcov, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
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In five states, including New Mexico and Texas, tamarisk is considered a noxious weed.
—Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2020
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Western states have spent a fortune trying to eradicate the tamarisk tree, which many experts believe hogs more than its share of water and damages the habitat of native species.
—Erica Goode, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2016
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Six years ago, workers removed invasive tamarisk trees at the site and planted a forest of native cottonwoods, willows and mesquites.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
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The crews then carry the buckets a quarter-mile upstream by hand, following a path feral burros have forged through thickets of tamarisk in an area that Lake Powell once covered.
—Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Apr. 2022
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The houses alongside a golf course in the small subdivision would usually be prime real estate, but at some point in the early 1960s, a large row of shaggy tamarisk trees was built to divide the houses from the golf course.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 Feb. 2023
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While clearly a twist on monuments that preside over public squares, the figure was smartly placed near a shady grove of tamarisk trees on a sandy trail in Desert Hot Springs, where an actual horse and rider might seek shelter.
—Jori Finkel, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2023
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Many of the plants are invasive, such as tamarisk and Russian thistle, but there are plenty of native willows coming back, along with 2-foot-high cottonwood seedlings, that will soon provide crucial habitat for songbirds.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 June 2021
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Invasive tamarisk trees sprang up in thickets, forming a nonnative forest that spread aggressively.
—Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2021
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The family also has made on-site environmental improvements to their ranch, including installing rainwater catchment systems and removing invasive tamarisk plants from the stream that runs across their land.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2021
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All of them talking acre-feet and reclamation guidelines and cooperation, wastewater efficiency, recycling, water banking, evaporation reduction and river covers, tamarisk and cottonwood and willow elimination.
—Paolo Bacigalupi, Wired News, 27 May 2015
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