Melaleuca, Melaleuca Quinquenervia, Is Native to Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
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S OUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT Suggested Herbicides* Seedlings (tree less than 3 feet tall) should be manually removed because they can be pulled easily without leaving root fragments. Saplings and small trees should be cut and immediately treated with herbicide. Cut mature trees using a chainsaw to create a flat surface and then treat the stump PLANTSPLANTS immediately with commercially available herbicide. Dry areas: Herbicides like Brush-B-Gone (triclopyr amine 8%), Brush Killer (triclopyr amine 8.8%), “Ready-to-use” Roundup (glyphosate .96%), Roundup Pro (glyphosate 41%) and BEHAVIEHAVINGNG BADLYADLY Roundup Super Concentrate (glyphosate 41%) are effective B B and can be purchased at retail garden supply stores.These herbicides should only be used in dry areas.They may not Melaleuca be applied directly to water. Repeat applications may be necessary. Wet areas:The herbicide Rodeo (glyphosate 53.8%) can be applied directly to the plant when it is growing in or over water. Repeat applications may be necessary. Follow up is essential: Visit treated areas periodically and look for regrowth. Regrowth should be cut and immediately sprayed with herbicide. Non-target damage:These herbicides are not selective. Be careful not to contact desirable plants with these herbicides. Disposal:The most important plant parts of melaleuca with regards to disposal are the seed capsules. After the tree has been cut, seed capsules will dry out and release seeds. For large trees, pile up all cut vegetation and allow it to “compost” for several weeks in order to kill seeds. Carefully monitor this site for seedlings that may germinate. For smaller trees, stems with seed capsules can be bagged and disposed of or composted. Report all new occurrences in natural areas and provide herbarium voucher specimens as described on the FLEPPC web site (address below). For more photographs see: http://fleppc.org, http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu or Identification & Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas (1998, University of Florida, 800/226-1764). For more MELALEUCA information about melaleuca, visit Florida EPPC’s web site at SCIENTIFIC NAME: MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; COMMON NAME: PAPERBARK TREE, CAJEPUT TREE, http://fleppc.org. PUNK TREE, WHITE BOTTLEBRUSH; DESCRIPTION: LARGE, EVERGREEN TREE, TO 100 FEET TALL; IMPACT: FORMS *Read and follow all herbicide label directions. It is illegal to use a herbicide in a DENSE, IMPENETRABLE STANDS OF TREES; OUT-COMPETES NATIVE PLANTS; DESTROYS WILDLIFE HABITAT. manner inconsistent with the label’s instructions. Mention of a trade name does not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the product.There is no express or implied warranty as to the fitness of any product discussed. Any product trade names that are listed are for the benefit of the reader and the list may not contain all products available due to changes in the market. South Florida Water Management District 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 561-686-8800 • FL WATS 1-800-432-2045 www.sfwmd.gov MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 24680 West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680 kr-rprnt 7/19/04 hc rvd odadshelter. and food provide which idiei hetndbcuemlluacod u eeiilntv plants, native beneficial out crowds melaleuca because threatened is wildlife tnsaes es htol h mleto nml a s hs ra.Native areas. these use can animals of smallest the only that dense so are stands n nitre,adfrsdne meerbesad ftrees.These of stands impenetrable dense, forms and undisturbed, and e er eaec ail nae os,oe aias ohdisturbed both habitats, open moist, invades rapidly Melaleuca year! per idadwtradasnl,mtr recnrlaea aya 0mlinseeds million 20 as many as release can tree mature single, a and water and wind ltod cossuhr n eta lrd.Mlluasesaesra by spread are seeds Melaleuca Florida. central and southern across flatwoods aua aiasfo eln ase n riist yrs oe n pine and domes cypress to prairies and marshes wetland from habitats natural tep odyu ueessap.Tdy h rehsivddawd ait of variety wide a invaded has tree the swamps.”Today, “useless up dry to attempt raetlpatadltrwssra costehsoi vrldsi an in Everglades historic the across spread was later and plant ornamental h ooo sad.I a nrdcdt lrd ntelt 80 san as 1800s late the in Florida to introduced was It Islands. 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Saplings and small trees should be cut and immediately treated with herbicide. Cut mature trees using a chainsaw to create a flat surface and then treat the stump PLANTSPLANTS immediately with commercially available herbicide. Dry areas: Herbicides like Brush-B-Gone (triclopyr amine 8%), Brush Killer (triclopyr amine 8.8%), “Ready-to-use” Roundup (glyphosate .96%), Roundup Pro (glyphosate 41%) and BEHAVIEHAVINGNG BADLYADLY Roundup Super Concentrate (glyphosate 41%) are effective B B and can be purchased at retail garden supply stores.These herbicides should only be used in dry areas.They may not Melaleuca be applied directly to water. Repeat applications may be necessary. Wet areas:The herbicide Rodeo (glyphosate 53.8%) can be applied directly to the plant when it is growing in or over water. Repeat applications may be necessary. Follow up is essential: Visit treated areas periodically and look for regrowth. Regrowth should be cut and immediately sprayed with herbicide. Non-target damage:These herbicides are not selective. Be careful not to contact desirable plants with these herbicides. Disposal:The most important plant parts of melaleuca with regards to disposal are the seed capsules. After the tree has been cut, seed capsules will dry out and release seeds. For large trees, pile up all cut vegetation and allow it to “compost” for several weeks in order to kill seeds. Carefully monitor this site for seedlings that may germinate. For smaller trees, stems with seed capsules can be bagged and disposed of or composted. Report all new occurrences in natural areas and provide herbarium voucher specimens as described on the FLEPPC web site (address below). For more photographs see: http://fleppc.org, http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu or Identification & Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas (1998, University of Florida, 800/226-1764). For more MELALEUCA information about melaleuca, visit Florida EPPC’s web site at SCIENTIFIC NAME: MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; COMMON NAME: PAPERBARK TREE, CAJEPUT TREE, http://fleppc.org. PUNK TREE, WHITE BOTTLEBRUSH; DESCRIPTION: LARGE, EVERGREEN TREE, TO 100 FEET TALL; IMPACT: FORMS *Read and follow all herbicide label directions. It is illegal to use a herbicide in a DENSE, IMPENETRABLE STANDS OF TREES; OUT-COMPETES NATIVE PLANTS; DESTROYS WILDLIFE HABITAT. manner inconsistent with the label’s instructions. Mention of a trade name does not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the product.There is no express or implied warranty as to the fitness of any product discussed. Any product trade names that are listed are for the benefit of the reader and the list may not contain all products available due to changes in the market. South Florida Water Management District 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 561-686-8800 • FL WATS 1-800-432-2045 www.sfwmd.gov MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 24680 West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680 kr-rprnt 7/19/04 hc rvd odadshelter. and food provide which idiei hetndbcuemlluacod u eeiilntv plants, native beneficial out crowds melaleuca because threatened is wildlife tnsaes es htol h mleto nml a s hs ra.Native areas. these use can animals of smallest the only that dense so are stands n nitre,adfrsdne meerbesad ftrees.These of stands impenetrable dense, forms and undisturbed, and e er eaec ail nae os,oe aias ohdisturbed both habitats, open moist, invades rapidly Melaleuca year! per idadwtradasnl,mtr recnrlaea aya 0mlinseeds million 20 as many as release can tree mature single, a and water and wind ltod cossuhr n eta lrd.Mlluasesaesra by spread are seeds Melaleuca Florida. central and southern across flatwoods aua aiasfo eln ase n riist yrs oe n pine and domes cypress to prairies and marshes wetland from habitats natural tep odyu ueessap.Tdy h rehsivddawd ait of variety wide a invaded has tree the swamps.”Today, “useless up dry to attempt raetlpatadltrwssra costehsoi vrldsi an in Everglades historic the across spread was later and plant ornamental h ooo sad.I a nrdcdt lrd ntelt 80 san as 1800s late the in Florida to introduced was It Islands. Solomon the sntv oAsrla e unaand Guinea New Australia, to native , is quinquenervia Melaleuca Melaleuca, xtcpat nFoiaspbil-we lands. publicly-owned Florida’s on plants exotic aaesaefgtn osatbtl omng invasive manage to battle constant a fighting are managers peda lrigrts lrd’ oa,saeadfdrlland federal and state local, Florida’s rates.