History of Eucalyptus in California History of Eucalyptus Nursery - PDF document

History of Eucalyptus in California History of Eucalyptus • Nursery introduction (1850s) in California Paradise must have trees Blue Gum • Eucalyptus excitement (1870s-1880s) Eucalyptus Fuel and fencing in the • Eucalyptus boom (1905-1912) Elkhorn Slough Hardwood famine Watershed • The bust (1912) Ellwood Cooper, 1876 Scientific American , 1874 Sunset , 1909 Tasmanian Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus World’s most widely grown plantation tree? Portugal (238,000 ha, ~15%!), Spain (205,000 ha) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Peru Ethiopia, South Africa China, Southeast Asia California (>16,000 ha, coast and central valley) Hawaii (>5000 ha), Arizona Australia (recently) Uses: Windbreaks, firewood, paper pulp, oil, honey

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Overland Monthly , 1909 Vega Overland Monthly, 1888 1931 Madroño , 1935 Blue Gum Eucalyptus in the Elkhorn Slough Watershed • Aerial photograph interpretation – 1931/1937, 1949, 1956, 1966, 1971 (b&w) – 1980, 2001 (color infrared) • Eight study sites (500 ha) • Biased – Bigger trees and better technology • Case studies – Outliers and expanding stands 1931

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