Posted by georgeinbandon,oregon on 11/1/2008, 7:14 pm, in reply to "Another group of Cadaghi (E. torelliana)"
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Walt, dont believe everything you read on the internet---california has been stuffed with eucs for over a century and the honeybees have not been impacted by their presence. some folks may be concerned that the eucs in your area may imitate the distantly related melaleuca which ended up invading the south florida--but as you were saying if you dont detect seedlings coming up the problem with torelliana (and maybe eucalyptus in general)may not be the same kind of problem but the potential problem is worth being aware of and looking out for (and there has been some problems with certain euc species in california but by no means all) eucs are generally very good at producing seed so who knows whats happening with the trees you were talking about, maybe they are still too young. about 10 years ago or so, the taxonomists decided to separate about 100 species from eucalyptus under the "new" genus corymbia which included citriodora (formerly planted at disney world, orlando and killed in a freeze), papuana, and a number of other species---some with richly colored flowers--mostly from the more sub tropical and tropical areas of australia.
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