Bark smooth, peeling or fibrous. Fruit a woody capsule. E. botryoides is the commonest wild species near Auckland.
Habitat preference is species specific.
Spread from plantings and not widespread in the wild. Chainsaw larger trees and paint the stump with stump paint herbicide mix, as some species will regrow from cut. Disposal Chemical Control Fell tree and paint stump with stump paint herbicide mix. If chemical treatment of the stump is not carried out the stump will resprout. To avoid possibility of the stump resprouting, pour herbicide into augered holes in the trunk and fell once the tree is dead.