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Punktree (Melaleuca quinquenervia)

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Melaleuca Quinquenervia, or more commonly know as Punktree, is a tree shrub of the genus Melaleuca. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Melaleuca Quinquenervia or Punktree's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, specifically in the states of Florida, Hawaii and Louisiana.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Melaleuca
  • Family: Myrtaceae
  • Order: Myrtales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Tree Shrub
  • Native Status: L48 (I) HI (I) PR (I)
  • Federal Noxious Status: NW
  • Federal Noxious Common Name: melaleuca
  • State Noxious Status: AL (CAW) CA (Q) FL (NW PAP1) MA (P) NC (CAW) OR (Q) SC (ILAP PP) TX (NP) VT (CAW)
  • State Noxious Common Name: AL (melaleuca) CA (melaleuca) FL (melaleuca punktree) MA (melaleuca) NC (punktree) OR (melaleuca) SC (melaleuca paperbark tree) TX (paperbark) VT (melaleuca)
  • PLANTS Invasive Status: FLEPPC HEAR STATE US
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU FAC
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 2(FAC) C(NI*) H(FACU)





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