Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 12 - by Celso Foelkel

Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 12 - November 2007

by Celso Foelkel


Summary of Contents

• Eucalyptus Online Book Chapter 7 (Portuguese): "Ecoefficient Management of Woody Forest Residues from Eucalyptus Plantation Forestry"
• Eucalyptus Online Book Chapter 5 (English): "Industrial Solid Wastes from Eucalyptus Kraft Pulp Production. Part 1: Fibrous organic residues"
• Online Technical References
• References on Events and Courses
• Euca-Links
• Planting and Growing Eucalyptus Plantation Forests
• Curiousities and Oddities about the Eucalyptus by Ester Foelkel
  
• The Friends of the Eucalyptus - Dr. Maria Cristina Area
• Technical mini-article by Celso Foelkel: Eucalyptus Planted Forests and Biodiversity

Previous Issues

• Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 11 - September 2007
• Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 10 - July 2007
• Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 9 - May 2007
• Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 8 - March 2007
• Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 7 - January 2007
• Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 6 - October 2006
• Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 5 - July 2006
• Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 4 - May 2006
• Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 3 - January 2006
• Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 2 - October 2005
• Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 1 - June 2005

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Eucalyptus in Brazil: Life of a Clone

Life of an Eucalyptus Clone (Videolink)

SUNJOURNAL: Eucalyptus in Brazil Report

Enjoy the texts of Carol Coultas and photography of Amber Waterman on their trip from Maine to Brazil to find out how Eucalyptus urograndis becomes a world class short fiber based paper.

• Seeing Green: Brazil, a rising star in the global paper industry (cover) [PDF]
• Brazil's paper chase: mounting rewards [PDF]
• What's in store for Maine? [PDF]
• A glimpse at papermaking a continent away [PDF]
• Reaping returns: Brazil's forests lure investments [PDF]
• Success secret: fuel, folks and fiber [PDF]
• 'It was a job with prestige. For many, it still is' [PDF]

A tale of two trees: the tortoise and the hare

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Eucalyptus urograndis (E. urophylla x grandis) cultivated at short rotational cycles in Brazil versus longer harvest cycled conifers: 5 timber harvests instead of 1


Also in this site...

Eucalyptus paulistana: The Brazilian Giant

A short story on Edmundo Navarro de Andrade, the man who started Eucalyptus cultivation in Brazil by planting 24 million eucalypt trees... or more.

Eucalyptus Online Book & Newsletter

A free high quality information resource on Eucalyptus delivered to the world from the Brazilian forests by Celso Foelkel

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Giant Trees: Eucalyptus & Friends

A video today, depicting 11 treasures growing in the forests of the world, heritage to preserve. No wonder the music is a Sacred Spirit chant. And no wonder, three of them are Giant Eucalyptus!

Video courtesy of Steve1Nova and Tree Species...

And following, a list of the twelve treasures with links to images of other Eucalyptus giants around this site.

Twelve Treasures

• Douglas Fir - Pseudotsuga menziesii
• Mountain Ash - Eucalyptus regnans
• Karri - Eucalyptus diversicolor
• Kauri - Agathis australis
• Turkey Oak - Quercus cerris
• Coast Redwood - Sequoia sempervirens
• Sitka Spruce - Picea sitchensis
• Montezuma Cypress - Taxodium mucronatum
• Grandidier's Baobab - Adansonia grandidieri
• Jarrah - Eucalyptus marginata
• Giant Redwood - Sequoiadendrum giganteum

More Eucalyptus Giants around this site

• Eucalyptus paulistana: The Brazilian Giant
  
• Eucalyptus: The Giants of Spain & Portugal
• Eucalyptus globulus: Giant Heritage Trees
• Eucalyptus Giants: The Fat Guys at Both Sides of the World
• The Karri Knight: Tallest Tree in Europe?
• Grandpa, the Giant Eucalyptus... in video
• King Regnans: Attenborough's Eucalyptus Giants
  
• Eucalyptus: coastal rainforests in Galicia (Spain)

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Cold hardy Eucalyptus forestry in Galicia (II): when snow comes...

Eucalyptus and Snow: Winter views of eucalypt timber plantations in Northwestern Spain

Gustavo Iglesias Trabado
GIT Forestry Consulting - Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal - www.git-forestry.com - EUCALYPTOLOGICS

Some of the following cold hardy Eucalyptus timber plantations have resisted brief events of -10ºC as absolute minimum temperature, -8ºC as average of extreme minima, 45 to 85 frost events per year, 9 events of winds +95 km/h and several snow storms. Climatic history shows extreme maximum periods of frost risk spanning for 205 days/year (from late October to mid April), but there is a significative variation every year for each location both for severity of winter events and degrees of damage and recovery.

Fig. 1: Winter view of a 10 year old frost tolerant Eucalyptus cultivated forest at 800 m above sea level in Galicia (Northwestern Spain). (Click image to enlarge)

Fig. 2: Winter view of a 7 year old frost tolerant Eucalyptus timber plantation at 750 m above sea level in Galicia (Northwestern Spain). (Click image to enlarge)

Fig. 3: Winter view of 3 year old frost tolerant Eucalyptus saplings at 700 m above sea level in Galicia (Northwestern Spain). (Click image to enlarge)

Fig. 4: Winter view of a 5 year old frost tolerant Eucalyptus timber plantation at 600 m above sea level in Galicia (Northwestern Spain). (Click image to enlarge)

Some key factors for a successful cultivation of cold hardy Eucalyptus for timber production

• Careful choice of Eucalyptus species suitable for winter conditions in the area of introduction and suitable for target industrial lines. Results from well designed comparative species survival and growth trials for the area of introduction are good indicators.
• Careful choice of seed provenances within the most desirable Eucalyptus species. Results from well designed provenance trials able to quantify best growth and cold tolerance for the area of introduction are good indicators.
• Use of genetically improved Eucalyptus plant stock if available, as it normally yields better growth rates and improved physical or chemical timber properties.
  
• Good matching of species to site, preferring sheltered from sustained chilly winds and and as sunny as possible areas with Southern exposure, better over soils of moderate depth and fertility.
• Proper site prepation to encourage as fast establishment of the tender Eucalyptus seedlings as possible. Well developed root systems on deep laboured soil tend to stand better temporary freezing of the most superficial soil layers.
  
• Proper planting schedule to allow quick growth during the first year. A good height growth over the coldest layer of air near soil tends to increase survival rates to radiational frost.
  
• Proper understorey control during the first years to minimise competence and allow as quick formation of less fragile woody tissue as possible. Even the most resistant plant material is at risk of damage due to impredictable extreme climatic events. However survival and recovery from damage are better once eucalypts reach a certain size.
  
• Regular monitoring of weather events and symptoms of cold induced damage (leaf injuries, dessication, bark cracking, newest growth burns, form defects, etc).
  

Interesting links

Cold hardy Eucalyptus timber production in Galicia (I)

Eucalyptus Highland Forests in Northwestern Spain and Portugal (II)

Eucalyptus globulus. Blue Gum Eucalypt Coastal Forests in Northwestern Iberia

Eucalyptus nitens. Shining Gum Eucalypt Highland Forests in Northwestern Iberia

Eucalyptus macarthurii. Camden Woollybutt Highland Forests in Northwestern Iberia

Eucalyptus delegatensis. Tasmanian Oak Highland Forests in Northwestern Iberia

Eucalyptus dalrympleana. Mountain White Gum Highland Forests in Northwestern Iberia

(more to come, we are hunting them all!)


Have you seen the Giant Eucalyptus Movie?

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WHO READS GIT's EUCALYPTOLOGICS?

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For stopping by and reading our EUCALYPTOLOGICS sometime during 2007 to the following organisations:

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Heighley Gate Garden Centre (UK); Hewlett-Packard Company (USA); Hitachi Ltd. (JAP); Hogeschool Enschede (NL); Horsham District Council (UK); Horticulture and Food Research Institute Ltd (NZ); Houston Associates (USA);

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Office National des Forets (FRA); Oglethorpe Power Corporation (USA); Oregon Health & Science University (USA); Oxford University (USA);

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Radford City (USA); Raiffeisen Zentralbank (AT); Red de Supercomputacion de Galicia (SPA); Renault (FRA); Robert Bosch LLC - Bosch Corporation (USA); Rodbaston College (UK); Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK); Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney (AUS); Rushmoor Borough Council (UK);

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Technical University Zvolen (SVK); Technische Universitaet Dresden (GER); Technological Educational Institute of Kavala (GRE); The Boeing Company (USA); The McCrone Group (USA); The Municipality of Oslo (NOR); The National Land Survey of Sweden (SWE); The Pentagon (USA); The Sommerville Group (USA); The University of Melbourne (AUS); The Weather Channel (USA);

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United Technologies Corporation (USA); U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (USA); U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USA); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USA); Universidad Austral de Chile (CHI); Universidad Autonoma Chapingo (MEX); Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (MEX); Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa (MEX); Universidad Cardenal Herrera (SPA); Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (SPA); Universidad de A Coruña (SPA); Universidad de Castilla La Mancha (SPA); Universidad de Chile (CHI); Universidad de Concepcion (CHI); Universidad de Extremadura (SPA); Universidad de Leon (SPA); Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (SPA); Universidad de Vigo (SPA); Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires (ARG); Universidad Nacional del Sur (ARG); Universidade de Sao Paulo (BRA); Universitaet des Saarlandes Saarbruecken (GER); Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur, Vienna (AT); Universitaet Kiel (GER); Universitaet Osnabrueck (GER); Universitaet Stuttgart (GER); Universitat de Barcelona (SPA); Universite de Fribourg (CH); Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (MLY); University College London (UK); University of Aberdeen (UK); University of Berne (CH); University of California (USA); University of California Santa Cruz (USA); University of Delaware (USA); University of Helsinki (FIN); University of Kwazulu-Natal (RSA); University of Malawi, Zomba (MW); University of Massachusetts (USA); University of Nevada Reno (USA); University of Northern British Columbia (CAN); University of San Francisco (USA); University of Tasmania (AUS); University of Texas (USA); University of Toronto (CAN); University of Wales, Aberystwyth (UK); University of West Florida (USA); University of Wolverhampton (UK); University of Zurich (CH); Union College (USA); Uppsala Universitet (SWE);

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Virginia Commonwealth University (USA);

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Warwick District Council (USA); Washington County Oregon (USA); West Moreton Anglican College (AUS); Wells Fargo Bank (USA);

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Xunta de Galicia (SPA);

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York University (UK);

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Zahnradfabrik Passau GMBH (GER)...

And last, but not least, thanks also to all those many other individual readers worldwide who have shared the eucalyptic spirit. You know who you are.

EUCALYPTOLOGICS: 2008 Readership (ongoing)

Net Increase in Readership for GIT Forestry Consulting's EUCALYPTOLOGICS during early 2008. Majority of our readers are located in Europe & North America. (Statistics courtesy of Google Analytics)

Quality matters, but what about quantity?

Alexa Ranking for EUCALYPTOLOGICS, February 2008

We are very pleased with the significant increase in our high profile readership. All in all, EUCALYPTOLOGICS is a highly specialised information resource targeted to a niche audience even if we try to deliver a mix of technical and non technical information to make it less harsh. We rather quality than quantity. But... According to Alexa, the Web Information Company, EUCALYPTOLOGICS has experienced a +650% traffic increase in the last 3 months and is steadily climbing its traffic rank. According to NetCraft estimates, there are currently some 160 million websites in the World Wide Web, of which roughly 70 million are active websites. Crossing both data sets, it can be roughly estimated that GIT Forestry Consulting's Eucalyptus Blog EUCALYPTOLOGICS is currently in the top 5% of the World Wide Web. Three months ago we were in the top 15%. It is a nice progress! (and even more considering we had never started a weblog before!) These results are very pleasing, but must be taken humbly. We are a very small grain of sand compared to the giant rolling stones of the Internet beach. And a niche information resource. Our aim must always be quality.

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Eucalyptus as dieback perennials: taking advantage of plant resurrection

Pictured below, three examples of Eucalyptus growing as ornamental plants in gardens where restrictive winter events lead to aerial part loss and natural regeneration from coppice favours annual regrowth.

Fig 1: Yearly growth from coppice in Eucalyptus 'Silver Dollar', borderline cold hardy Eucalyptus for USDA Zone 8b (Click image to enlarge)

As we have seen previously in EUCALYPTOLOGICS, many Eucalyptus species have naturally developed an ability to survive events that destroy their aerial part. In their natural habitat fire has been the main factor that lead to some species becoming vigorous coppicers thanks to a progressive culling out of non fit strains.

Fig 2: Yearly growth from coppice in Eucalyptus 'Omeo Gum', borderline cold hardy Eucalyptus for USDA Zone 7b (Image courtesy of Triple Oaks Nursery & Herb Garden, NJ)

Human driven introduction of Australian Eucalyptus as garden elements to areas where winters are more restrictive than in their natural habitats can lead to different results. When the chosen species is cold hardy enough for its new habitat, it tends to grow freely and attain its normal size and growth habit. When it is too tender for its new habitat, total loss can be the result after a bad winter. But when it is a borderline species, and a good coppicer, it can behave like an annual perennial, shooting every spring and growing to a limited size before next frost events wipe it out again. Another example of eucalypt resurrection, where frosts play the role of fire, just with a higher frequency.

Fig 3: Yearly growth from coppice in Eucalyptus "Camphor Gum", borderline cold hardy Eucalyptus for USDA Zone 7b (Image courtesy of Triple Oaks Nursery & Herb Garden, NJ)

Some advantages of cold hardy ornamental Eucalyptus as annual perennials

• Natural size control mechanism for species that could become excessively big sized if cultivated small gardens
• Display of juvenile foliage every year, excellent option for those species having in it its major ornamental features
• Additional size control via pollarding or pruning is possible after milder than usual winters
• Makes growing some of the cold hardiest species of Eucalyptus possible in very restrictive climates (USDA Zones 7b and 6a in some cases)
  

Some disadvantages of cold hardy ornamental Eucalyptus as annual perennials

• Nutrient cycle disrupted for the yearly loss of aerial parts, being fertilising a good corrective measure in the long term
• Possibility of decline in coppice vigour in the long term
• Fragility of new shoots in case of late sudden and heavy frost events
• Little chances of flowering and seed set
• Coppice ability is not unlimited, so sooner or later plant replacement might be necessary even with the best care
  

Some advice to promote good coppice in cold hardy ornamental Eucalyptus

• Choose Eucalyptus species that are reasonably cold hardy for your conditions
• Choose Eucalyptus species that are reliable coppicers
• Add a thick layer of protective mulching during the worst of winter to avoid ice induced injuries to the base of the trunk or to the lignotuber
• Pay attention to good weeding so the basal area of the eucalypt is well exposed to light to aid quick growth in new shoots from coppice once frost season is over
• Try to remove the dead aerial part (dead wood) during late winter or better once frost season is over to encourage regrowth from lignotuber instead of regrowth from the naked buds located in branchlet axils
• Keep an schedule for organic or mineral soil fertilization to avoid nutrient depletion or to replenish easily assimilable soil nutrient pools in the long term
• Keep good irrigation during dry spring spells and/or summer drought in arid areas to encourage bigger annual sizes
  

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