Leptospermum scoparium

3 Tea Tree at Styx, TAS

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Identification history

	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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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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Plants Other Shrubs Detritivore Tasmania NatureMapr

Additional information

Greater than 5 metres Plant height

Species information

Leptospermum scoparium Scientific name
Tea Tree Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 926m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower
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