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56 unusual facts about eucalyptus


Adenanthos ileticos

It is locally quite abundant there, growing in sandy soil amongst open woodland of Eucalyptus and Hakea multilineata.

Adenanthos macropodianus

Plants often found growing in association with it include Eucalyptus species, Banksia ornata and Banksia marginata.

Agaricus perobscurus

Primarily found in urban parks with trees like Monterey Cypress, Monterey Pine, and Eucalyptus, they fruit in North America from mid to late winter.

Alsos Forest

During the British colonisation of the island, British planted Eucalyptus, brought from Australia to absorb the water.

Andasibe-Mantadia National Park

This disappearance has been caused primarily by logging and replacement of rainforest with commercial Australian eucalyptus and Chinese pine forests, and to a lesser extent by slash-and-burn cultivation for rice agriculture, which is exacerbated by the extremely high population growth rate and poverty in rural Madagascar.

Bab Ksiba

To the left of Bab Ksiba (as shown in the photograph) stands an ancient Eucalyptus tree.

Banksia spinulosa var. collina

It is usually an understory shrub in open forests and woodlands of Eucalyptus.

Banksia spinulosa var. spinulosa

It is typically an understory shrub in open forests and woodlands of Eucalyptus.

Canoelands, New South Wales

The landform of the area is on Canoelands Ridge, a high, undulating, dissected plateau of Hawkesbury Sandstone with many steep gullies covered with dry sclerophyll forest, predominantly tall varieties of hardwood trees of the genus Eucalyptus.

Chereninup Creek Reserve

The flora is very rich with a high diversity of Eucalyptus, Dryandra and Banksia species.

Currency Creek, South Australia

It is being developed as a specialist eucalypt (Angophora, Eucalyptus and Corymbia) arboretum with its main purpose being research into Australia's most dominant natural group of plants, the eucalypts.

Dandenong High School

Stage 2 of the building program consisted of the constructing of the remaining 4 Houses: Fern, Hakea, Grevillea and Eucalyptus, as well as the construction of a Commonwealth-funded Language Centre on the Ann Street Site, costing $2 million.

Descomyces

The genus contains five species formerly restricted to Australasia, but now more widespread due to having been spread with Eucalyptus.

Devanambattu

This area is also has a vast and wide spread thorny forest with Eucalyptus trees planted by Forest dept.

Drummond Nature Reserve

The soil of mallee area is a yellow sandy clay with the dominant plants being the low dense Eucalyptus drummondii and Allocasuarina.

Edwin Cuthbert Hall

Hall was the author of several plant species, especially in the genus Eucalyptus.

Ernst Åberg

He also developed an interest in the establishment of Eucalyptus in the La Plata Partido, prompting Ferdinand von Mueller to name Eucalyptus abergiana (now Corymbia abergiana) in his honour in 1878.

Eupomatia bennettii

They grow naturally north from the Nambucca River and are sometimes found in moist gullies dominated by Eucalyptus trees.

Evergreen forest

Broadleaf temperate evergreen forests include those in which Fagaceae such as oaks are common, those in which Nothofagaceae predominate, and the Eucalyptus forests of the Southern Hemisphere.

Eynesbury, Victoria

Eynesbury is home to one of Victoria’s largest remaining Grey Box Forests.

George W. Marston House

Some of the plants found in the garden at its prime included Canary Island Pines, Eucalyptus trees, strawberry trees, wild lilacs, forget-me-nots, and Virginia creeper vines.

Ghughua Fossil Park

A Eucalyptus fossil found at Ghughua is the oldest fossil of its type ever discovered and this find supports its origins from Gondwana.

Greater Blue Mountains Area

The area is called "Blue Mountains" based on the fact that when atmospheric temperature rise, the essential oil of various Eucalyptus species evaporates and disperse in the air, then visible blue spectrum of sunlight propagates more than other colours.

This is the story of the evolution of Australia's unique eucalypt vegetation and its associated communities, plants and animals.

Guduvancheri

Eucalyptus Trees are found abundant in this village which are nature's gifts.

Gulf of Gökova

Eucalyptus trees bordering the road were planted in 1936 to dry marshlands and help combat malaria.

HaSharon Park

The park also consists of many Eucalyptus trees which were planted there in the early twentieth century in order to dry out the swamps.

Hualālai

Many of the collapse craters in particular have vegetation, and a few even have respectably-sized "vertical forests" inside, including several Eucalyptus tree groves.

Ian Brooker

He is widely recognised as the leading authority on the genus Eucalyptus.

Isopogon prostratus

It usually is found as a heath plant, or in dry open Eucalyptus woodland, and often is exposed to wind, frost, snow, sun and rain.

Kunamnenivaripalem

In the fields with not much irrigation, choices plantation crops Subabul and Eucalyptus are preferred.

Lynch's Crater

From 40,000 years ago, the crater was gradually occupied by sclerophyll vegetation such as Casuarina and Eucalyptus, with the transition being completed 26,000 years ago.

Major Mitchell's Cockatoo

Where Galahs readily occupy cleared and part-cleared land, Major Mitchell's Cockatoo requires extensive woodlands, particularly favouring Callitris, Allocasuarina and Eucalyptus.

Mapleton, Queensland

Mapleton Forest Reserve protects rainforest remnants with Bunya Pines, Piccabeen palm groves, tall open blackbutt forests and picturesque mountain scenery.

Modern didgeridoo designs

The modern didgeridoo design innovations differ from traditional authentic digeridoos because they are not made by Indigenous Australians in a traditional style and do not use Eucalyptus branches hollowed by termites.

Muttart Conservatory

Eucalyptus trees and flowering shrubs complement the Australian section.

Ngambri people

The Wanniassa canoe tree, a gumtree used in the late 1800s or early 1900s to make a canoe which was paddled on the Molonglo River for a span of several summers.

Ngarrabullgan

The vegetation on the Ngarrabullgan tabletop (plateau) has been described as wet sclerophyll forests, mainly of a bloodwood species of Eucalyptus, with a well-developed understory.

North Warrandyte, Victoria

North Warrandyte is set on the northern banks of the Yarra River, amongst hilly terrain, densely populated with a wide variety of Eucalyptus Trees.

Oliver Twist Tobacco

Currently, Oliver Twist is available in various flavors: Tropical (flavored with anise), Royal (flavored with English licorice), Sunberry (blackcurrant-flavored), Eucalyptus, Mint, Citrus, Wintergreen, Arctic, Bergamot and Original (sweet licorice).

Pearl Corkhill

They wore gum tree leaves on their capes, and gave small packets of cigarettes and matches to the Australians who were interned at the hospital as gifts.

Peppersmith

The three Fresh Mints flavours available are 'Fine English Peppermint', 'Sicilian Lemon and Fine English Peppermint' and 'Eucalyptus and Fine English Peppermint.

Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz, California

Helped develop Twin Lakes trolley station.Property landscaped by N.A. Beckwith with naturalistic landscape including Eucalyptus.

Pristidactylus torquatus

Although the Nothofagus forests are being felled, they are being replaced by stands of Eucalyptus and this does not seem to have adversely impacted the lizard.

Purple-backed Sunbeam

It has also recently been reported to feed and settle in the newly introduced Eucalyptus trees, however, the species' level of tolerance of Eucalyptus plantations (specifically as breeding habitat) is yet to be determined.

Stylidium floribundum

Dominant vegetation in association with its habitat include Melaleuca or Eucalyptus species.

Stylidium multiscapum

Its typical habitat has been reported as damp sandy soils near creeks or swamps in Eucalyptus-dominated woodlands.

Stylidium schizanthum

Its typical habitats are moist sand in Eucalyptus or Melaleuca communities, near creekbanks, or associated with sandstone landscapes.

Sululta

The surrounding mountainsides were covered with forest dominated by Juniperus procera, and the lower slopes supported groves of Acacia, but now most of the hillsides are covered with plantations of Eucalyptus with only the odd native tree remaining, except for the groves protected by the presence of a church.

Tea in Australia

Boiling water for tea over a camp fire and adding a gum leaf for flavouring remains an iconic traditional Australian method for preparing tea, which was a staple drink of the Australian colonial period.

Timbertown

It is located on 39 hectares (87 acres) of coastal blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) forest on the Oxley Highway at Wauchope in Australia.

Urdaibai

There also are a few forests with local trees, such as Oak; and near the coast are plantations of Eucalyptus.

Wedderburn, Victoria

Apart from gold, a number of Eucalyptus stills used to operate in the district and a replica still has been situated on the site and is fired up, by arrangement, for tourist buses.

Wildlife of Israel

Rapid urbanization as well as overforestation (planting many dense Eucalyptus and Pine forests) have caused the destruction of many natural habitats.

Wooded Area, San Diego

The Wooded Area gains its name from the large number of Eucalyptus, evergreen, and other trees in the neighborhood.

Yellow-bellied glider

The yellow-bellied glider's diet consists of nectar, honeydew, insects, pollen and a wide spread of tree sap including different Eucalyptus sap, Corymbia sap, some Angophora sap, and Lophostemon sap.


Aldeia do Mato

The Recreational and Leisure Nautical Park attracts tourists from within the country, owing to biodiversity (that includes various species of wild pine, eucalyptus, strawberry tree, heather, olive trees), water sports (swimming, sailing, kayaking, canoeing, windsurfing), and recent developments that have attracted new tourists, including hiking trails, motocrossing, repelling and other trips orientated towards the more adventurous;

Asura cervicalis

The larvae have been observed on Ficus, Acacia and Eucalyptus species, but is suspected of feeding only on the Lichens on the trunks and branches of these plants.

Choupal National Forest

Since the 19th century many other trees, including planes (sycamores), beechs, laurels, and eucalyptus have grown in the area.

Ectropis excursaria

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Hedera helix, Pelargonium zonale, Juglans regia, Salvia officinalis, Pinus radiata, Rosa odorata, Gardenia jasminoides, Citrus limon, Hardenbergia violacea and Cassia, Acacia, Eucalyptus, Bursaria and Hakea species.

Eucalypt

Eucalyptus deglupta has naturally spread the furthest from its Eucalyptus genus Australian geographic origins, as the only species known growing naturally in the nearby northern hemisphere, from New Guinea to New Britain, Sulawesi, Seram Island to Mindanao, Philippines.

Eucalyptus cinerea

Eucalyptus cinerea, commonly known as the Argyle apple or silver dollar tree, is a small to medium sized tree with rough bark, persistent on the trunk and larger branches, thick, fibrous, longitudinally furrowed, reddish-brown to grey-brown.

Eucalyptus grandis

Eucalyptus grandis has been grown successfully in plantations in wetter areas of Sri Lanka, particularly in the Badulla and Nuwara Eliya Districts.

Eucalyptus urophylla

Eucalyptus urophylla is a species of Eucalypt native to islands of the Indonesian Archipelago and Timor.

Franz Sieber

Crocus sieberi, Phyteuma sieberi, Luzula sieberi, Eucalyptus sieberi, Cheilanthes sieberi, Callistemon sieberi, Badula sieberi, and Hosta sieberiana, though these names may also have honored Friedrich Wilhelm Sieber.

Gippsland Lakes Discovery Trail

The Discovery Trail heads south on a narrow path through the eucalyptus forest, while the Rail Trail travels east-west on a wide clearing following the route of the former Orbost railway line.

Ludwig Preiss

Preiss is commemorated in the names of about 100 species of flora in Western Australia, including plants in the genera Acacia, Allocasuarina, Eucalyptus, Grevillea, Hakea, Kunzea, Melaleuca, Santalum, Xanthorrhoea and Callitris.

Margaret Flockton

Margaret Lilian Flockton (29 September 1861 Sussex - 12 August 1953 Sydney), was an Australian botanical artist, particularly noted for her illustrating of "The Forest Flora of New South Wales" (some 300 plates), "A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus" (88 plates), and the genus Opuntia, all by the botanist and forester, Joseph Henry Maiden.

Metura elongatus

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Conyza bonariensis, Cupressus, Epacris, Dianella brevipedunculata, Acacia dealbata, Eucalyptus, Pinus and Cotoneaster species.

Nacophorini

Caterpillars of Declana from New Zealand, also tentatively placed in the Nacophorini, have been found on Myrtaceae (eucalyptus, Kunzea and Leptospermum), Pinaceaelarches (Larix), pines (Pinus, notably Monterey Pine, P. radiata) and Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) –, and southern beeches (Nothofagaceae).

North West Coastal Highway

Bridges span many creeks and rivers, which from the distance can be spotted by stands of eucalyptus which grow along their courses towering above the surrounding spinifex and mulga plants.

Palm Cockatoo

They have also been seen eating fruit from Darwin Stringybark Eucalyptus tetradonta and Nonda tree as well as seeds from the Cocky apple tree, Beach almond and Black Bean tree.

Portucel Soporcel

The eucalyptus, more specifically the Eucalyptus globulus species, which is considered at world level to provide the ideal fibre for the production of high-quality papers, occupies 74% of this area.

Staatliche Baderverwaltung Badenweiler

Today the garden contains extensive plantings of exotic trees, including mature sequoias, cedars, palm trees, eucalyptus, bananas, lemons, oleanders, hibiscus, and magnolias, as well as fine specimens of Prunus, Quercus, Rosa, Sorbus and Viburnum species and varietals.

Stankervision

One regular such cartoon is about the adventures of "Inebriated The Koala", which was created by Waco O'Guin in 1993 and is introduced as "everyone's favorite eucalyptus eating marsupial", to which the koala replies, "Eucalyptus? You can lick THIS!" as he points to his crotch.

Westside Village, Los Angeles

More than seventy years after the neighborhood was first established, the streets are lined with mature, statuesque Jacaranda, Pine, Camphor, Chinese Elm, and Eucalyptus trees, which provide privacy and shade for the residents.