myrtaceae
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№ 051TreesBottlebrush: The Red Brushes Built for Birds and Fire
Australian shrubs whose flower spikes are dead ringers for a bottle-brush — all stamens and no petals, brimming with nectar for birds, and holding their woody seed capsules shut for years until fire comes.
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№ 201TreesGuavas and Feijoa: The Myrtle-Family Fruits
Common guava, strawberry guava and feijoa — fast, hardy, productive subtropical fruit, and one of them among the worst island invaders there is.
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№ 288TreesMelaleuca and Tea Tree: Paperbark, Healing Oil, and a Swamp-Draining Invader
Australian myrtles with peeling paper bark and antiseptic oil — the source of tea tree oil, tough survivors of fire and flood, and the tree that tried to drink the Everglades dry.
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