This native tree is commonly known as Cheel's paperbark.
Melaleuca cheelii is described as a "dicot" in the Myrtaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Near Threatened. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Distribution is from Baffle Creek south to Maryborough with outliers to the south on Cooloola Coast Road Poona and north-west of Lake Cootharaba outside of the Fraser Coast region. Listed as a priority locally significant species in the Fraser Coast Region Threatened Species Action Plan (Ecosure 2019, Stage 2 TSAP for Fraser Coast LGA, version R3, Report to Fraser Coast Regional Council. Brisbane.). Regarded as a wetland species in Queensland WetlandInfo.
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 Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 12 Fraser Coast localities: Beelbi Creek, Burrum Heads, Burrum River, Craignish, Duckinwilla, Dundowran, Dunmora, Howard, Pacific Haven, Takura, Tandora, Tuan Forest.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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