Despite its introduction to the Indian subcontinent nearly 400 years ago, eucalyptus is often unfairly criticised. Some ...

most eucalyptus species are trees. Characterized by smooth, hard, and fibrous bark and leaves with oil glands, nearly all eucalyptus species are native to Australia and its surrounding islands.

Waterman immediately tasked friends and colleagues to deliver different trees. His former first-mate, Jim Douglass, reportedly delivered him a bag of blue gum eucalyptus seeds in 1853, the ...

Eucalyptus trees – native to Australia – were seen as an easy solution to a critical shortage of wood brought on by the economic boom. Opportunistic Aussies “imported and planted them in ...

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 ...

Faced with more drought and increasingly frequent wildfires, Southern Californians have been encouraged, for years, to rip out water-guzzling lawns. They have also been urged to forgo nonnative, ...

Eucalyptus leaves have shown potential in treating respiratory diseases and alleviating stress. Research indicates that compounds in eucalyptus may help reduce the risk of cancer, diabetes, and ...

Non-native grasses and eucalyptus trees brought to California centuries ago for agriculture and landscaping have reshaped the ...