This introduced tree
is commonly known as
camphor laurel.
Cinnamomum camphora
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Lauraceae
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.
A category 3 restricted invasive plant under the Biosecurity Act 2014. Name changed to Camphora officinarum in Plants of the World Online (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9526118/).
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 22 Fraser Coast localities: Urraween, Tiaro, Kawungan, Duckinwilla, Yengarie, Granville, Bidwill, Bauple, Teddington, Island Plantation, Mungar, Boonooroo, Maryborough, Tinana, Talegalla Weir, Bauple Forest, Magnolia, Howard, Tinana South, Tuan Forest, Beaver Rock, Owanyilla.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
