Leptospermum scoparium

3 Tea Tree at Styx, TAS

Leptospermum scoparium at Styx, TAS - 16 Jun 2024
Leptospermum scoparium at Styx, TAS - 16 Jun 2024
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Leptospermum scoparium 17 Oct 2024 Detritivore
Leptospermum scoparium 18 Jun 2024 Detritivore

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2 comments

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.

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 16 Jun 2024 12:20 PM Recorded on
  • Detritivore Recorded by

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  • Greater than 5 metres Plant height

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