 Melaleucas grow in a range of soil types and many tolerate occasional or even permanent waterlogging.Some species, especially the South Australian swamp paperbark, "M. halmaturorum", thrive in saline soils where few other species survive.Many are fire tolerant, regenerating from epicormic buds or by coppicing, but no melaleucas occur in rainforest and few species occur in the arid zone.