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SCENTED PAPERBARK FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Scented Paperbark
Other Names
Bottle-Brush Tea-Tree
Description
The Scented Paperbark is a shrub or small tree growing to 6 m tall (sometimes more). The bark is white or grey and papery. The leaves are small, egg-shaped with pointed tip and grow 5 mm to 16 mm long and 3 mm to 8 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring and early summer from September to February. The perfumed flowers are cream and produced in spikes about 4 cm long and 2 cm in diameter. The fruit capsules are about 3 mm in long.
Habitat
heath, dry eucalypt forest in damp places
Distribution
The Scented Paperbark is found in eastern New South Wales, southern Victoria, south east of South Australia, Tasmania.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 2 - 5
Spread (m): 2 - 4
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 550
Flower Colour: cream
Flower Season: spring, summer
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Melaleuca | | Species: | squarrosa | | Common Name: | Scented Paperbark |
Relatives in same Genus
Melaleuca acuminata
Melaleuca adnata
Melaleuca alternifolia
Melaleuca argentea
Melaleuca armillaris
Melaleuca aspalathoides
Melaleuca barlowii
Melaleuca blaeriifolia
Melaleuca bracteata
Melaleuca brevifolia
Melaleuca bromelioides
Melaleuca calothamnoides
Melaleuca calycina
Melaleuca campanae
Melaleuca cardiophylla
Melaleuca carrii
Melaleuca coccinea
Melaleuca concreta
Melaleuca conothamnoides
Melaleuca cordata
Melaleuca cucullata
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