Melaleuca squarrosa

Scented Paperbark
Melaleuca squarrosa at Langwarrin, Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Melaleuca
Species:	M. squarrosa
Binomial name
Melaleuca squarrosa Donn ex Sm., 1802[1]

Melaleuca squarrosa, the Scented Paperbark, is a plant native to south-eastern Australia. It is a summer-flowering shrub growing to about 5 m in height, occasionally a small tree up to 12 m, with papery bark.

Distribution

The Scented Paperbark is found in heath and in dry sclerophyll forest in damp, often waterlogged, places; in coastal districts and their adjacent ranges, from Sydney southwards to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.^[2][3]

References

Notes

1. ^ Donn (1802)
2. ^ New South Wales Flora Online.
3. ^ Tasveg.

Sources

• Donn, J. ex Smith, J.E. (1802). "[tax. Nov.]". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 6: 300. 
• "Melaleuca squarrosa Donn ex Sm.". New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Melaleuca~squarrosa. Retrieved 13 September 2009. 
• "Melaleuca squarrosa scrub SMR". Tasveg. Department of Primary Industries and Water, Tasmania. http://www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/Attachments/LJEM-6U24M5/$FILE/SMR.pdf. Retrieved 13 September 2009.