This native tree
is commonly known as
prickly paperbark.
Melaleuca styphelioides
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Myrtaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 29 Fraser Coast localities: Craignish, Takura, Toogoom, Urraween, Dundowran Beach, Burrum Heads, Pacific Haven, Booral, Walligan, Beelbi Creek, Glenwood, Bidwill, Teddington, Yerra, Talegalla Weir, Magnolia, Tandora, Owanyilla, Scarness, Eli Waters, Pialba, Torquay, Tinana, Maryborough, Tuan Forest, Mount Urah, Point Vernon, Urangan, St Mary.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
