Eucalyptus gomphocephala

Botanical Description

Eucalyptus gomphocephala is an evergreen tree with a dense, heavy crown with wide-spreading branches; it can grow 10 - 45 metres tall. The bole is generally shortish, rarely more than half the total height of the tree and can be 100 - 230cm in diameter[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. , 1658 Title Eucalypts for Planting Publication FAO Forestry Series No.11 Author Jacobs M.R. Website http://www.fao.org Publisher FAO; Rome Year 1981 ISBN 92-5-100570-2 Description An excellent publication, rather dated now but with a wealth of information about the Eucalypts. It can be downloaded from the Internet as a PDF file. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and commercially. It has a high potential as a timber and fuel crop in arid areas - promising results have been obtained in trials or pilot plantations in Ethiopia, Greece, Italy, Turkey and Uruguay.[ 1658 Title Eucalypts for Planting Publication FAO Forestry Series No.11 Author Jacobs M.R. Website http://www.fao.org Publisher FAO; Rome Year 1981 ISBN 92-5-100570-2 Description An excellent publication, rather dated now but with a wealth of information about the Eucalypts. It can be downloaded from the Internet as a PDF file. ]. The tree has been planted to stabilize dunes, to provide shelter from winds and also as a street tree. This species has become locally naturalized outside its native range in southern Australia and is viewed as a potential environmental weed, posing a risk to lowland grassland and associated woodlands in Victoria[ 1660 Title EUCLID - Eucalypts of Australia Publication Author Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Canber Website http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org:8080/euclid/data/02050e02-0108-490e-8900-0e0601070d00/media/Html/index.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A website dedicated to the genus Eucalyptus (sensu latu), with descriptions and nomencultural information on all the species. ].