DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Melaleuca quinquenervia | Melaleuca 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Melaleuca's native range is along the coast of eastern Australia from
Sydney northward.  It is native also in New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea,
and Irian Jaya [8].  In the continental United States, melaleuca is
naturalized on a significant scale only in southern Florida, with the
largest concentrations in Palm Beach, Broward, Dade, Collier, and Glades
counties [16].  A million trees have been planted in Hawaii, but natural
regeneration is limited to the island of Maui.  Planted melaleuca can be
found in parts of southern California and southern Texas [8].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress


STATES : 
     CA  FL  HI  TX


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BICY  EVER  HALE


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K079  Palmetto prairie
   K091  Cypress savanna
   K092  Everglades
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K115  Sand pine scrub


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    70  Longleaf pine
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
    84  Slash pine
   100  Pondcypress
   101  Baldcypress
   111  South Florida slash pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Melaleuca quinquenervia | Melaleuca