Another Exotic Tree by allie912

Another Exotic Tree

I came upon this at school and was blown away by the papery bark. It looks like the tree got a horrible case of sunburn and is now peeling badly. Can anyone identify the species?
It is a light brown tree with peeling bark :) Sorry Allison, I cannot.
December 5th, 2010  
I don't know what it is but it is cool
December 5th, 2010  
Great shot, I love the two trunks. I can't quite tell from this shot if it's the same, but we call the larger species of Melaleuca, Paperbarks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca
December 5th, 2010  
I don't know what it is either, but it sure is cool!
December 5th, 2010  
Spurred on by jJodie's comment, I did some additional research and I think it is some kind of paperbark.
December 5th, 2010  
good eye for this shot. Looks like its shedding
December 5th, 2010  
I love this. I have seen them before and always want to go and touch them.
December 5th, 2010  
Can't see the leaves but the bark looks exactly like our very common paper eucalyptus tree in Australia...we have them everywhere literally, an it does shed just like sheets of paper, a great capture Allison :)
December 5th, 2010  
I've never seen anything like that...maybe it's a crape myrtle gone wild...lol
December 7th, 2010  
Haha...funny! This tree is near the maintenance shop which is probably the same one you saw as I noticed it walking over to MS today. Anyway, that landscape girl said (I forget here name.) there is another one right near Keith's office.
January 21st, 2011  
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