Andy Rouse / Paperbark or Tea Tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia) forest at sunset, Bamarru Plains, North West Territory, Australia, April 2007

Jim Brandenburg / Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) bark peeling, Minnesota

JIM CLARE / Polylepis or paper tree, (Polylepis sp.) showing layered bark, paramo, Azuay, Andes, Southern Ecuador.

JIM CLARE / Polylepis or paper tree, (Polylepis sp.), layered bark, paramo, Azuay, Andes, Southern Ecuador.

Ingo Arndt / Paperbark trees or White Bottlebrush (Melaleuca quinquenervia) in the wet season after bushfire with charred bark, Kakadu National Park, Australia, December

Angelo Gandolfi / Paper wasps (Polistes sp.), Santa Catarina State, Brazil, September.

Roland Seitre / Bottlebrush tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia) forest, Poindimie, North Province, New Caledonia

Jim Brandenburg / Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) bark peeling, Listening Point, Ely, Minnesota

Ernie Janes / Paper / Canoe Birch (Betula papyifera) shedding bark, USA

Rob Cousins / Paper birch (Betula papyrifera), close up of bark, Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, UK, October

Konrad Wothe / Paperbark trees (Melalauca sp) beside the Coen River, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, November 2010

Jouan & Rius / Paper bark tree (Melaleuca sp) within Dales gorge, Karijini National Park, Pilbara, Western Australia. August 2009