Saltcedar plants in South Dakota and other northern states are more genetically similar to T. ramosissima which extends farther north than other species in its native range (Baum 1978; Friedman et al. 2008). Saltcedar plants successful in northern plains’ states exhibit the following traits relative to southern plants:
smaller stems,
delayed leaf emergence (typically late April to May),
high energy investment in root material,
truncated seed release periods (typically between early July and early September),
greater cold hardiness,
early-fall bud set and leaf senescence, and
stem dieback in the winter
(Friedman et al. 2008, 2011; Lesica and Miles 2001; Pearce and Smith 2003; Sexton et al. 2002, 2006).Â
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