Genus: Eucalyptus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots >  Rosids >  Eurosid II >  Order: Myrtales >  Family: Myrtaceae

Eucalyptus plantation on Robben Island. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Red Flowering Gum Eucalyptus ficifolia in Cape Town garden.

Publications

• Calder, I.R. 1992. Water use in eucalypts - a review. In: Growth and Water Use of Forest Plantations (eds Calder, I.R., Hall, R.L. & Adlard, P.G.). J. Wiley, New York, pp. 167-179.

• Smith, R.E. & Bosch, J.M. 1989. A description of the Westfalia catchment experiment to determine the effect on water yield of clearing the riparian zone and converting an indigenous forest to a eucalypt plantation. South African Forestry Journal 151: 26-31.

• Smith, R.E. & Scott, D.F. 1992. The effects of afforestation on low flows in various regions of South Africa. Water SA 18: 185-194.

• Stone, E.L. & Kalisz, P.J. 1991. On the maximum extent of tree roots. Forest Ecology and Management 46: 59-102.

• Van Wijk, D.B. 1987. Some effects of afforestation on streamflow in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Water SA 13: 31-36.