. The Caribbean forester. Forests and forestry Caribbean Area Periodicals; Forests and forestry Tropics Periodicals. 50 Caribbean Forester The Cajaput Tree in Florida By: ELBERT A. SCHORY, SR. Tropical Research Branch Assistant Florida Forest Service HISTORY Melaleuca leucadendron, commonly called Melaleuca now growing in Florida but most Cajaput, Paper Tree, or Punk Tree, was first of them are purely ornamental, resembling introduced to the East Coast of Florida in the Callistemon or Bottle Brush, to which 1906 by Dr. John C. Gifford. In 1912 seeds they are closely Fig. 1 - Young st
. The Caribbean forester. Forests and forestry Caribbean Area Periodicals; Forests and forestry Tropics Periodicals. 50 Caribbean Forester The Cajaput Tree in Florida By: ELBERT A. SCHORY, SR. Tropical Research Branch Assistant Florida Forest Service HISTORY Melaleuca leucadendron, commonly called Melaleuca now growing in Florida but most Cajaput, Paper Tree, or Punk Tree, was first of them are purely ornamental, resembling introduced to the East Coast of Florida in the Callistemon or Bottle Brush, to which 1906 by Dr. John C. Gifford. In 1912 seeds they are closely Fig. 1 - Young stand of cajaput showing form and dense cover on wet site. By highway of Estero, Flo- rida. of this species were also imported from Aus- tralia by A. H. Andrews and planted at the Koreshan Unity on the lower West Coast. There are numerous species of the genus GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Cajaput is a timber tree which has spread from the early plantings referred to above until it covers several hundred acres, mostly. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern Forest Experiment Station (New Orleans, La. ). Rio Piedras, P. R. : Tropical Forest Experiment Station, United States Forest Service
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