"Thanks for doing the work and sharing what you learn." Expert reveals dark truth behind seemingly harmless tree species ...

Californians also planted eucalyptus (mainly blue gum) to serve as windbreaks. Eucalyptus trees grow fast, sometimes putting on 4 to 6 feet in height in a single year. (Samantha Shanahan/KQED) In fact ...

Also called blue gum, eucalyptus is a fast-growing tree native to Tasmania, an island state south of the Australian mainland. During the California Gold Rush of the 1800s, they were planted for ...

One wealthy investor opened a mill and planted eight million eucalyptus trees only to abandon the lot after discovering he couldn’t sell the timber. The Tasmanian blue gum has become so ...

High on the Ventura County hillside overlooking the city, a 15-foot-tall Tasmanian blue gum eucalyptus tree was planted. It means Two Trees will remain Two Trees, perhaps long after it's Three Trees.

blue gum eucalyptus trees. Eucalyptus can easily torch, sending flying embers miles to light spot fires. The partners will fell trees, treat the stumps so they don’t regrow and process the wood ...

But climate change bringing hotter, drier conditions means the trees – especially plantations of Eucalyptus globulus or Tasmanian blue gum grown for paper – are contributing to bushfires from ...

Plant scientist Rebecca Jones recommends planting the heat-tolerant Risdon peppermint, which is currently found only on ...