Leptospermum scoparium
3 Tea Tree at Styx, TAS
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Tapirlord
wrote:
20 Jun 2024
I don't know much about leptospermum scoparium, but from what I can see it should be a shrub to 2m not a tree. Without seeing leaves, flowers, or fruit there isn't much else I can offer I'm sorry!
Detritivore
wrote:
21 Jun 2024
@Tapirlord that was my original thought too! Although there are various reports on the internet and in print ( Kirkpatrick, J.B. and Backhouse, S.(1981). Native Trees of Tasmania) of L.scoparium reaching heights over 15m. TAS also has a limited collection of trees with papery bark, almost exclusively Myrtaceae > of which only only 3 species reach heights over 10m > only one of which has an distribution range covering the Styx Valley. So though the art of deduction, (and a little help from my professor) i've settled on L.scoparium. But yes the lack of any other ID evidence leaves a lot to guessing sorry.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.549716-42.807622
- Places Styx, TAS
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 16 Jun 2024 12:20 PM Recorded on
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- Greater than 5 metres Plant height
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Species information
- Leptospermum scoparium Scientific name
- Tea Tree Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 926m Recorded at altitude
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