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Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Species information

Leptospermum laevigatum     (Gaertn.) F.Muell.

This introduced tree is commonly known as coast tea-tree.

Leptospermum 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.

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 Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.

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Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.


             AVH

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