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Eucalyptus may have adverse effects on local streams due to their chemical composition, and their dominance threatens species that rely on native trees. Nevertheless, some native species have been known to adapt to the Eucalyptus trees. Notable examples are herons, great horned owl, and the monarch butterfly using Eucalyptus groves as habitat ...
Eucalypteae is a large tribe of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae; members of this tribe are known as eucalypts. [1] [2] In Australia the genera Angophora, Corymbia, and Eucalyptus are commonly known as gum trees, for the sticky substance that exudes from the trunk of some species. [3]
Eucalyptus deglupta is a species of tall tree, commonly known as the rainbow eucalyptus, [3] Mindanao gum, or rainbow gum [4] that is native to the Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It is the only Eucalyptus species that usually lives in rainforest, with a natural range that extends into the Northern Hemisphere.
Eucalyptus deglupta has naturally spread the furthest from the Australian geographic origin of the genus Eucalyptus, being the only species known growing naturally in the nearby northern hemisphere, from New Guinea to New Britain, Sulawesi, Seram Island to Mindanao, Philippines. [1]
Eucalyptus patellaris is a tree that typically grows to a height of 10–18 m (33–59 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, greyish, flaky or fibrous bark on the trunk and branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have dull green, egg-shaped leaves that are 90–135 mm (3.5–5.3 in) long and 35–60 mm (1.4–2.4 in) wide.
Eucalyptus abdita Brooker & Hopper Eucalyptus absita Grayling & Brooker – Badgingarra box Eucalyptus acaciiformis H.Deane & Maiden – wattle-leaved peppermint Eucalyptus accedens W.Fitzg. – powderbark wandoo Eucalyptus acies Brooker – Woolburnup mallee Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer in W.G.Walpers – white mahogany Eucalyptus acroleuca L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill – Lakefield coolibah ...
Eucalyptus robusta, commonly known as swamp mahogany or swamp messmate, is a tree native to eastern Australia. Growing in swampy or waterlogged soils, it is up to 30 m (100 ft) high with thick spongy reddish-brown bark and dark green broad leaves, which help form a dense canopy .
Eucalyptus virginea is a tree that typically grows to a height of 20 m (66 ft) and forms a lignotuber.It has smooth pale grey bark, sometimes with insect scribbles. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, thin, glossy green, paler on the lower surface, narrow lance-shaped, 70–100 mm (2.8–3.9 in) long and 13–25 mm (0.51–0.98 in) wide, tapering to a petiole 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in)