COMMON  NAME FAMILY GENUS ECOSYSTEM

Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cavanilles)   S.T. Blake
Cajeput Tree, Punk-Tree, Bottlebrush Tree
Myrtaceae: Myrtle Family

Elliptic- lanceolate subsessile leaves; white flowers in many-flowered spikes, stamens united.

Florida Distribution Map Description Trees with whitish,  soft papery bark Native: No Habitat: Wetlands and uplands;  swamps, marshes, fallow land, neighborhoods

Links Aussie Weevil Opens Attack on Rampant Melaleuca Australian Plants as Weeds Ecological Consequences of Invasion by Melaleuca quinquenervia in South Florida Wetlands Frank J. Mazzotti, Ted D. Center, F. Allen Dray, and Dan Thayer Everglades Plant Diversity F. ALLEN DRAY, Jr.- Specialist in  Ecology and Biological Control of Aquatic and Wetland Weeds USDA-ARS Aquatic Plant Control Laboratory Federal Noxious Weed List Map of estimated distribution of Melaleuca quinquenervia on the island of Molokai (Hawaii, U.S.A.) Non-native Species in Everglades National Park Oxyops vitiosa- Melaleuca Weevil Plant Invaders Society for Ecological Restoration '95 Abstracts - Control of Exotics The war on exotic aquatic weeds in Florida- Abstract