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Uploaded by FloridaLandscape on Aug 11, 2011
Melaleuca wants to take over South Florida. Learn what it looks like and how it does its dirty deeds.
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I thought the melaleuca was a great tree ??? Is there a different one ?
MyTbradley 2 months ago
@poweredgetravel
no, this is a different species, melaleuca quinquenervia. it was introduced over a hundred years ago by farmers to 'drink up' the water in the wetlands in order to be able to farm more land in the everglades.
bluegarden222 6 months ago
This is not the same as Melaleuca Tree that produces the Oil that has vase medicinal value ?
poweredgetravel 6 months ago
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I thought the melaleuca was a great tree ??? Is there a different one ?
MyTbradley 2 months ago
@poweredgetravel
no, this is a different species, melaleuca quinquenervia. it was introduced over a hundred years ago by farmers to 'drink up' the water in the wetlands in order to be able to farm more land in the everglades.
bluegarden222 6 months ago
This is not the same as Melaleuca Tree that produces the Oil that has vase medicinal value ?
poweredgetravel 6 months ago