Swamp Paperbark

	Swamp Paperbark Swamp paperbark is a common name for several plants and may refer to: '' Melaleuca ericifolia'', a species of tree or shrub from eastern Australia ''Melaleuca halmaturorum ''Melaleuca halmaturorum'', commonly known as South Australian swamp paperbark, kangaroo honey-myrtle or salt paper-bark is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. It is often a ...'', a species of tree from Western Australia '' Melaleuca rhaphiophylla'', a tree species from Western Australia {{Plant common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Melaleuca Ericifolia ''Melaleuca ericifolia'', commonly known as swamp paperbark, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and the genus ''Melaleuca'', native to south-eastern Australia. It is a rather variable species and some specimens resemble ''Melaleuca armillaris'' but its papery bark and smaller, more prolific flower heads distinguish it from that species. It often grows in swampy areas and the draining and clearing of these has reduced the numbers of the species, especially around Port Philip Bay near Melbourne. It is also similar to '' Melaleuca pustulata'', a Tasmanian endemic, but that species only grows in dry heath. Description ''Melaleuca ericifolia'' is a tall, dense shrub, sometimes a tree growing to a height of with pale white or brownish papery bark. Its leaves are arranged alternately, sometimes in whorls of three. The leaves are dark green, linear in shape, long and wide. The flowers are creamy-white in colour, arranged in heads or spikes on the ends of branches which contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Melaleuca Halmaturorum ''Melaleuca halmaturorum'', commonly known as South Australian swamp paperbark, kangaroo honey-myrtle or salt paper-bark is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. It is often a tree with an unusual, crooked form, sometimes looking like an enlarged example of bonsai. Description ''Melaleuca halmaturorum'' is a slow growing shrub or small tree, eventually growing to tall, often with a crooked, straggling, irregular or untidy form and creamy-grey, papery bark. Its leaves are dark green, glabrous and arranged in alternate pairs at right angles to the ones above and below ( decussate), so that there are four rows of leaves along the stem. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped, long, wide, with many distinct oil glands on the lower surface and a stalk about long. The flowers are white or cream and arranged in heads, sometimes on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering but also in the upper le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]