Swamp Paperbark at Cuttagee, NSW
Identification history
| Melaleuca ericifolia | 8 Oct 2018 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Leptospermum laevigatum | 8 Oct 2018 | loumcc |
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3 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
9 Oct 2018
It could also possibly be Melaleuca armillaris, but the density of the stand suggests M. ericifolia, as it suckers off the roots, forming very dense stands. M. armillaris doesn't sucker, just comes up from seed, so to get a dense stand like that of it, you'd have to have had some sort of disturbance, like a fire. Is it growing in a damp depression? If so, then definitely ericifolia.
loumcc
wrote:
9 Oct 2018
It's all along the edge of Baragoot Lake in a band of about 1-2 metres. It sometimes gets flooded when the lake level rises, as Baragoot only opens to the sea every couple of years
JackieMiles
wrote:
11 Oct 2018
Normally that location would pretty definitely make it ericifolia, but in some of the coastal lakes and estuaries down here, M. armillaris also occurs along the foreshore (in addition to its more usual habitat of sea cliffs). But I've zoomed in on your close-up photo and the shorter leaves and flower heads confirm that it is indeed ericifolia in this instance. The bark is also helpful - papery in ericifolia and more compact and shallowly furrowed in armillaris.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.061950-36.463569
- Altitude 5.9m
- Places Cuttagee, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 8 Oct 2018 01:00 PM Recorded on
- loumcc Recorded by
Additional information
- True In flower
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Species information
- Melaleuca ericifolia Scientific name
- Swamp Paperbark Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 117.42m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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