Re: OT: Weather (was: Re: questions)

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
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>
>I don't know which kind of eucalyptus tree we have here, but it doesn't
>seem to be the kind of pest you describe. (Then again, we don't have a
>whole
>lot of free-standing water either! )  They were used, among other
>reasons, to line the sides of  railroad right-of-ways in low-lying places
>where water might collect during the winter rains. I can think of one
>stretch that
>I travel over fairly often: despite the eucalyptus trees, the road that
>ran
>along the tracks
>was always under water every winter! Things didn't improve until they tore
>up the road, elevated it, and installed a modern drainage system.
>No danger from water-sucking trees there! ;-)
It's probably Eucalyptus camaldulensis, the Red River Gum, or it might
even by Eucalyptus occidentalis (although the former was used to help dry
up swampy areas, and the latter is grown in plantations according to one
source)

E. camaldulensis: http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL9/mar98-2a.html

E. occidentalis:
http://www.floraguide.es/arboles/Eucalyptus%20occidentalis-porte.jpg

Anyway, the most common Eucalyptus in Califrnia is probably E. globulus,
which makes dense stands tat exclude most anything else out (the leaves
"poison" the soil).

E. globulus:
http://plants.montara.com/ListPages/FamPages/pagepix/myrtaP/eucglo2.JPEG

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