TAMARISK

USEFUL RESOURCES

COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCES

SALTCEDAR (TAMARIX SPP.) BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT

general Fact Sheets

Saltcedar (Tamarisk) Grubb, R.T., R.L. Sheley, and R.D. Carlstrom. July 2002; Montana State University Extension Service MontGuide Fact Sheet No. 199710 www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt9710.html

Saltcedar Biology and Management Hart, C.R. May 2003; Texas A&M University Cooperative Extension Bulletin L-5440 http://farwest.tamu.edu/rangemgt/prep.html

 

Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) Deuser, C. July 1999; Plant Conservation Alliance Alien Plant Working Group www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/tama1.htm

Saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima, T. parviflora) British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/saltcedar.htm

Saltcedar (links) Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit; Agricultural Research Service, USDA http://wric.ucdavis.edu/exotic/invasive_page.htm

 

 

Symposia, Workshops, On-Line Courses, Abstracts, PowerPoint presentations, etc.

 

Ecologically Based Management of Saltcedar Beck, K.G. July 2000; Colorado State University Cooperative Extension On-line PowerPoint presentation www.coopext.colostate.edu/TRA/PPT/Beck.ppt

Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) Invasion of the Western United States Newman, R. University of Minnesota, December 2001 www.fw.umn.edu/NRESExotics3002/GradPages/saltcedar/

Tamarisk Symposium
Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, September 2001 www.coopext.colostate.edu/TRA/tamarisksymposium.html

Saltcedar and Russian Olive Workshop
Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, September 1997 www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/TRA/PLANTS/saltabs.html

The Saltcedar Management Workshop Proceedings California Exotic Plant Pest Council (CalEPPC), June 1995 www.caleppc.org/symposia/95symposium/95symposium.html

The Saltcedar Management Workshop Proceedings California Exotic Plant Pest Council (CalEPPC), June 1996 www.caleppc.org/symposia/96symposium/96symposium.html

Proceedings, Arundo and Saltcedar:  The Deadly Duo California Exotic Plant Pest Council (CalEPPC); June 1998 www.caleppc.org/symposia/98symposium/98symposium.html

 
 

Other Recommended Reading

 

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Element Stewardship Abstract, Carpenter, A.T., December 1998 http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/documnts/tamaram.html

McDaniel, K.C., K.W. Duncan, and J.P. Taylor.  2000.  Saltcedar control in New Mexico, pp. 173-184.  In:  Proceedings, Rangeland Weed and Brush Management – The Next Millennium Symposium and Workshop. October 19-21, 2000.  San Angelo, TX.
DiTomaso, J.D.  1998.  Impact, biology, and ecology of saltcedar in the Southwestern United States, pp. 326-336.  In:  Whitson, T.D. (ed).  Symposium: Integrated systems for noxious weed management on rangelands.  Weed Technology 12(2):325-416.
Duncan, K.W., and K.C. McDaniel.  1998.  Saltcedar Management with Imazapyr, pp. 337-344.  In:  Whitson, T.D. (ed).  Symposium: Integrated systems for noxious weed management on rangelands.  Weed Technology 12(2):325-416.

McDaniel, K.C., J.M. DiTomaso, and C.A. Duncan.  In Press Tamarisk or Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.), pp. 198-222.  In: Invasive Plants of Range and Wildlands and Their Enviromental, Economic and Social Impacts, Chapter 17.  Allen Press.

 

Biological Control

 

Key Web sites and related contact points for both past work and current status of development and release for not only Diorhabda [leaf beetle] but also a few others (e.g., Coniatus tamarisci [weevil], Trabutina mannipara [mealy bug], etc.), as follows:  http://wric.ucdavis.edu/exotic/techtran/years2-3.html (Research monitoring plan) 

  Release proposal, insect biology/ecology http://arsserv0.tamu.edu/lewis.saltc.html

 http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/documnts/tamaram.html

DeLoach, C.J.  1997.  Saltcedar biological control: methodology, exploration, laboratory trials, proposals for field releases, and expected environmental effects, pp. 1-37.  In:  Saltcedar management and riparian restoration workshop.  September 17-18, 1996, Las Vegas, Nevada.  http://www.nevada.edu/home/0/schofier/webpages/deloach.html.

DeLoach, J.C., R.I. Carruthers, J.E. Lovich, T.L. Dudley, and S.D. Smith.  2000.  Ecological interactions in the biological control of saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) in the United States: toward a new understanding, pp. 819-873.  In:  Spencer, N.R. (ed).  Proceedings of the X International Symposium on biological control of weeds.  July 4-14, 1999, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.

DeLoach, C.J., P.A. Lewis, J.C. Herr, R.I. Carruthers, J.L. Tracy, and J. Johnson.  2003.  Host specificity of the leaf beetle, Diorhabda elongata deserticola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Asia, a biological control agent for saltcedars (Tamarix spp.) in the western United States.  Biol. Control 27:117-147.

Dudley, T.L., C.J. DeLoach, J.E. Lovich, and R.I. Carruthers.  2000.  Saltcedar invasion of western riparian areas: impacts and new prospects for control, pp. 345-381.  In:  McCabe, R.E., and S.E. Loos (eds).  Transactions of the 65th North American wildlife and natural resource conference.  March 24-28, 2000, Rosemont, Illinois.

Lewis, P.A., C. J. DeLoach, A.E. Knutson, J.L. Tracy, and T.O. Robbins.  2003.  Biology of Diorhabda elongata deserticola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), an Asian leaf beetle for biological control of saltcedars (Tamarix spp.) in the United States.  Biol. Control 27:101-116.

Lewis, P.A., C. J. DeLoach, J.C. Herr, T.L. Dudley, and R.I. Carruthers.  2003.  Assessment of risk to native Frankenia shrubs from an Asian leaf beetle, Diorhabda elongata deserticola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), introduced for biological control of saltcedars (Tamarix spp.) in the western United States.  Biol. Control 27:148-166.

Bureau of Reclamation contact:  Debbie Eberts, 303-445-2217; deberts@do.usbr.gov.