Tamarix africana - image Tamarix aphylla - image Tamarix aphylla - image Tamarix aphylla - image Tamarix gallica - image Tamarix aphylla - Distribution and occurrence; value and use; characteristics; fire ecology. Tamarix Species - Distribution and occurrence; value and use; characteristics; fire ecology. Tamarix: Salt Cedar - Photograph and technical information on this invasive shrub, its description, economic importance, distribution, biology and control. Beetle Warfare - Article from the High Country News discussing the use of the beetle, Diorhabda elongata, to control tamarisk, an invasive riverside shrub. Tamarix gallica: Tamarisk - Fact sheet with photographs of the leaf, flower, fruit, twig, bark and form.