Because river reds occur in some of the driest and harshest parts of the Australian mainland, you might think they are very efficient users of water. However, nothing could be further from the truth.
Click here for full text of Gregory Moore’s article about the most widely distributed eucalyptus species.
Eucalyptus camaldulensis is an “Australian icon”.
However, like most other “Australian icons”, it is neither well-understood nor well-protected.
A future Pelican Yoga post will take you to Australia’s largest river red gum forest.
(All the trees in this post’s photo – copyright Doug Spencer – are river red gums at Moot Yang Gunya Swamp, which is right beside Mundulla in southeast South Australia)