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A new booklet summarizing the silvicultural techniques applied to Eucalyptus globulus in Spain has been recently published as part of the new Spanish Silviculture Compendium (+1000 pages of useful tree talk delivered by Rafael Serrada and his team). 
Eucalyptus globulus Silviculture in Spain
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Summary of Contents
- Introduction
- Eucalyptus cultivated forest typology
- Eucalyptus Regeneration Treatments (harvest timing, coppice cycles, cutting height, harvest coupe allocation, treatment and uses for harvest residues)
- Eucalyptus Improvement Treatments (shoot selection, soil preparation, understorey control, thinnings, pruning, fertilization, phytosanitary measures)
- Eucalyptus Growth & Productivity (site index, tree stocking, harvest cycles)
- Social & Environmental Impacts of Eucalyptus plantations
- Bibliography
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In the grounds of Lullingstone Castle, one of the rarest Eucalyptus species has bloomed for the first time to become the first acclimatized specimen of its kind in the UK. 
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Back in 1999, while plant hunting in Tasmania, Tom carefully collected a small amount of seed from one of the rarest tree species in the island and one of the least common eucalypts in cultivation around the world, Eucalyptus morrisbyi. And from those seeds, these blooms.
The late "casual" discovery of the species by Robert Brett in 1939 and its scarcity in the wild had prevented it from becoming widely cultivated overseas, as it happens with more common eucalypts. This endangered endemism is nowadays at risk of disappearing in its natural habitat due to poor recruiting of new seedlings, genetic contamination, ocasional drought and browsing. Just some 2000 specimens of Morrisby's Gum are known to survive in wild populations, as its main habitat was cleared for other uses by early settlers many moons before the trees were discovered.
Fortunately, a keen interest from researchers at the School of Plant Science (UTAS) to work out the problems and outline solutions for conservation of this gum tree, plus a proper support from competent administrative bodies in Tasmania mean that E. morrisbyi is currently under the protective umbrella of a recovery plan. May it always be.
For cultivation overseas, like Tom, use respectfully collected seed, or better if sourced from ex situ plantings.
Interesting Literature
- Jones, RC; McKinnon, GE; Wiltshire, RJE; Potts, BM & Vaillancourt, RE (2005) Conservation genetics of an endangered endemic, Eucalyptus morrisbyi. Advances in Plant Conservation Biology, implications for flora management and restoration : symposium program and abstracts 25-27 October 2005 / Dept. of Conservation & Land Management, Botanic Gardens & Parks Authority, Perth, Western Australia, pp. 29.
- Wiltshire, RJE; Potts, BM & Reid, JB (1991) Phenetic affinities, variability and conservation status of a rare Tasmanian endemic, Eucalyptus morrisbyi R.G. Brett. In Banks, MR; Smith, SJ; Orchard, AE & Kantvilas, G. (Eds.) Aspects of Tasmanian Botany – A Tribute to Winifred Curtis. 31(3): 213-229. Royal Society of Tasmania, Hobart.
- Brett, R.G. (1939). The description of a new eucalypt species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1938: 129-130
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A combined plantation of Eucalyptus and wheat? Combining Eucalyptus and pasture? Planting at once Eucalyptus and green manure crops? Noooo. Are you nuts? That's impossible. Everyone knows the "Environmentalist Theorem nº 835/a" states that Eucalyptus are those evil alien invasive tree species poisonous to your soil, and where you plant one, nothing can grow again.
Luckily for our hungry world, reality is almost always very different to environmentalist mythology.
Eucalyptus Polyculture in India: timber and grain
But these versatile trees able to yield multiple products and services are not simply raised there for delivery to Indian farmers. Operational fields trials allow visitors to also see the combined outcomes of both tree breeding and intelligent agro-forestry design.
Eucalypt cultivated forests can achieve this way a new dimension: joining agricultural and forestry productions within the same pieces of land. Annual crops of yearly benefit while timber matures.
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Over 150 different select Eucalyptus clones, of both first generation pure and advanced generation E. tereticornis x camaldulensis hybrids, are being made available by Pragati Biotechnologies to tree investors in Punjab, Haryana & Uttar Pradesh wanting to take advantage of the genetic gains delivered by eucalypt tree domestication and breeding. Doubling or treebling the MAI achieved with standard tree nusery stock and making it compatible with other crops is no joke for a country with ever increasing needs of both food and raw timber. It is however a task for Norman Borlaug styled characters. Of Piare Lal type.
Corollary...
At Eucalyptologics we hope that, next time you hear or read one of the many misguided "environmental activist" trying to spread analphabetism on the subjects of monoculture, invasive alien species or Eucalyptus poisoning soils instead of trying helping fix the real problems out there, you remember cases as the one depicted today. You can then compare and decide for yourself what's going on with all that green mythology spreading like a noxious weed. Luckily, sooner or later, myths fall by their own weight. Or sometimes, with your extra help.
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Eucalyptus at Kew Gardens: 235 years later
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Eucalyptus at Kew Gardens: 235 years before
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