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Eucalypt
* Many Eucalypts also change the shape of their leaves as they get older.
* Most eucalypts can regenerate from seed after fire.
* Some eucalypts are more resistant to attack than others.
* are a dominant part of the Australian flora
  - everywhere
  - fire tolerant
  - now the most planted hardwood in the world
  - tolerant of most soil types and have a range of uses
* dominate high rainfall woodland areas while some extend into drier inland areas.
* draw a tremendous amount of water from the soil through the process of transpiration
  - very large amount of water from the soil
* grow back quickly after fire.
* have a habit of dropping entire branches off as they grow
  - special flowers and fruits that no other trees have
* is gum
* make a lot of nectar , providing food for many insects.
* provide budgerigars with suitable nesting hollows.
* serve as shelter for many species of native Australian animals and birds.
* shade the sun where wildlife abounds, whilst cicadas chirp their song.
+ Eucalyptus, Animals and eucalypts
  - Cultivation and uses
  * Eucalypts draw a very large amount of water from the soil. Eucalypts have also been used as a way of reducing malaria by draining the soil in such places as Algeria, Sicily mainland Europe and California. Drainage removes swamps which provide a habitat for mosquito larvae, but such drainage can also destroy harmless habitats by accident
  - Dangers
  * Eucalypts have a habit of dropping entire branches off as they grow. Eucalyptus forests are littered with dead branches. Many deaths were actually caused by simply camping under them, as the trees shed whole and very large branches to save water during droughts. For this reason, you should 'never' camp under large eucalyptus branches
  - Description, Flowers and leaves: Myrtaceae :: Trees of Australia
  * Eucalypts have special flowers and fruits that no other trees have. When it flowers a bud cap made of petals grows around the flower until it is ready to open. Then the bud cap falls off to reveal a flower with no petals.
  * Many Eucalypts also change the shape of their leaves as they get older. Young eucalypts have round leaves. When one to a few years old, the leaves of most kinds become longer and spearhead or sickle shaped. A few kinds keep the round leaf shape all their lives. Most species do not flower until the adult leaves starts to appear
  - Fire, How fire helped the spread of eucalypts

### food | nourishment | delicacy | gum:

Eucalyptus tree
* All eucalyptus trees are evergreens, but there are many kinds.
* Some eucalyptus trees have years
  - produce nectar
* are common in Eastern Australia, making the perfect habitat for the koala's diet
  - giant trees native to Australia and California
  - good for rehabilitating the land because they absorb excess salts
  - quick growers and many species reach a great height
* dominate the forests, even in the tropical north.
* have deep roots, can live through fires.
* is gum
* release oil droplets into the atmosphere
  - seeds

### food | nourishment | delicacy | gum | eucalyptus tree:

Black gum
* is an eucalyptus tree
* needs an acid soil.

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White ash
* continues to remain white even when burnt again.
* grows over most of the state on moist, deep, well-drained soils in small isolated stands.
* has a lower top weight than either beech or sugar maple
  - one-winged, dry, flattened samara with a full, rounded, seed cavity
* is all that remains of black flesh after flame.
  - important hardwood timber tree
  - ash
  - known for purplish fall color
  - native over much of eastern Iowa
* is the best wood to use to make a bat
  - largest and most valuable of the ash species in Iowa
  - used extensively in the manufacture of sporting goods
* provides the finest wood for baseball bats.
* sustains permanent and often rapid decline in tree growth.
* very common tree in the campus quadrangle and natural area.