"tamarix aphylla" is found along watercourses in arid areas. it is very resistant to saline and alkaline soils. the latitudinal range ranges from 35 n to 0 n, and it ranges from morocco and algeria in north africa eastwards to egypt and south to the horn of africa and into kenya. it is found in the middle east and the arabian peninsula, east through iran and into india, pakistan and afghanistan.