tamarisks
Feathery desert trees
Tamarisks are shrubs or small trees with feathery foliage and clusters of tiny pink or white flowers.
Native to dry regions of Europe and Asia, they thrive in salty and arid soils where other plants struggle.
Tamarisks have become invasive in parts of the American Southwest, crowding out native vegetation along riverbanks: The canyon was choked with tamarisk.
Low woody plants
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- pinkPale red hue
- flowersPlant reproductive structures
scale-like · leaves · branches · deciduous · evergreen · racemes · petals · blooms
To leave behind completely
- aridDevoid of water
- salineSalt-water solution
- riparianRelating to riverbanks
- riverbanksEdges of flowing waterways
oases · Mediterranean · sandy · coastal · brackish · dunes · wadis · salt-tolerant
Miraculous sustenance from heaven
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
- SinaiEgyptian peninsula, biblical peak
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- BeershebaNegev's main city
Abraham · sacred · ancient · scripture · oasis · shade · desert · pilgrims
Modifying outdoor areas aesthetically
- gardensCultivated planting areas
- windbreakBarrier against gusts
- hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs
- specimenIndividual for examination
planting · graceful · decorative · cultivation · nursery · drought-tolerant · xeriscaping · borders
Strikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- nonnativeNot indigenous to a place
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- controlAuthority to direct
- removalAct of taking away
infestation · spread · displacement · native · wetlands · groundwater · depletion · biocontrol
shrubs
Low woody plants
flowers · scale-like · leaves · branches · deciduous · evergreen · racemes · petals · blooms · twigs
desert
To leave behind completely
riverbanks · oases · Mediterranean · sandy · coastal · brackish · dunes · wadis · salt-tolerant · drought-resistant
manna
Miraculous sustenance from heaven
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
- SinaiEgyptian peninsula, biblical peak
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
Beersheba · Abraham · sacred · ancient · scripture · oasis · shade · desert · pilgrims · Israel
landscaping
Modifying outdoor areas aesthetically
specimen · planting · graceful · decorative · cultivation · nursery · drought-tolerant · xeriscaping · borders · screening
exotic
Strikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
- nonnativeNot indigenous to a place
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- controlAuthority to direct
removal · infestation · spread · displacement · native · wetlands · groundwater · depletion · biocontrol · restoration
tamariskscottonwoods
Fluffy-seeded deciduous trees
native vegetation · willows · indigenous plants · mesquite · sycamores