Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca ericifolia (Swamp Paperbark)


Melaleuca ericifolia photo
Melaleuca ericifolia flowers and foliage

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Melaleuca ericifolia photo
Melaleuca ericifolia flowers and foliage

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Melaleuca ericifolia photo
Melaleuca ericifolia, Mount Martha, Victoria

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SWAMP PAPERBARK FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca ericifolia in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Swamp Paperbark

Description
The Swamp Paperbark is a shrub or tree growing to 9 m tall. The leaves are narrow grow 5 mm to 18 mm long and about 1 mm wide. The plant flowers in spring from October to November. The flowers are creamy-white and produced in spikes about 25 mm long and 20 mm in diameter. The fruit capsules are about 3 to 5 mm in diameter.

Habitat
heath, dry eucalypt forest, swampy areas, along waterways

Distribution
Swamp Paperbark is found in eastern New South Wales, Victoria., Tasmania.,

Growth Characteristics
Height: 6m - 9m


Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Melaleuca
Species:ericifolia
Common Name:Swamp 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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