4723011
melaleuca
Plant(s)
Flowering saplings (cluster of white-flower inflorescence on the crown) representing early invasion stage in seasonally flooded habitat, note grassy ground vegetation.
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4723012
melaleuca
Plant(s)
A well established mature stand in a permanently flooded sawgrass habitat in the Everglades, note the tree stand is surrounded by the sea of sawgrass in the Florida Everglades.
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4723013
melaleuca
Plant(s)
Vertical section of a stand in seasonally flooded site in the Florida Everglades, note dense melaleuca trees with white bark.
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0002122
melaleuca
Map
distribution in Australia and neighboring islands. Solid black colors, and stars represent continuous and relatively isolated forests, respectively.
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0002123
melaleuca
Map
distribution in Florida, note stand concentrations along east and west coast of central and south Florida and scattered in between
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4723014
melaleuca leaf weevil
Larva(e)
Two larvae and typical larval feeding damage on a twig tip, note feeding scars on young leaves.
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4723015
melaleuca leaf weevil
Adult(s)
aggregated on young tips, note typical adult feeding holes on young leaves.
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4723016
melaleuca leaf weevil
Adult(s)
feeding scars on fully mature leaves at the tip of a twig.
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4723017
melaleuca leaf weevil
Damage
Severely defoliated (bare twigs) upper crown of trees. Branch defoliation and twig dieback was caused by larval and adult feeding damages.
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