Gaudium
laevigatum
(Gaertn.) Peter G.Wilson
WEED
This introduced tree
is commonly known as
coast tea-tree.
Gaudium laevigatum
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Myrtaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
REplaces Leptospermum laevigatum (Queensland Flora Census 2023). Not native to Queensland but naturalised as a result of plantings (Australian National Herbarium). No Fraser Coast region records but is recorded to the south at Rainbow Beach.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
