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Eucalyptus grandis (grand eucalyptus)

Synonyms: Eucalyptus saligna pallidivalvis

Wikipedia Abstract

Eucalyptus grandis, commonly known as the Flooded gum or Rose gum, is a tall tree with smooth bark, rough at the base fibrous or flaky, grey to grey-brown. At maturity, it reaches 50 metres (160 ft) tall, though the largest specimens can exceed 80 metres (250 ft) tall.
View Wikipedia Record: Eucalyptus grandis

Attributes

Height [1]  69 feet (21.3 m)
Width [1]  37 feet (11.4 m)
Air Quality Improvement [1]  Low
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Carbon Capture [1]  Medium-High
Screening - Summer [2]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [2]  Moderate
Shade Percentage [1]  83 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  High
Wind Reduction [1]  High
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Very Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Flower Color [2]  White
Foliage Color [2]  Gray-Green
Fruit Color [2]  Black
Fall Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Bloom Period [2]  Fall
Drought Tolerance [2]  Low
Fire Tolerance [2]  High
Frost Free Days [2]  11 months 10 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Winter
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Spring
Growth Form [2]  Single Stem
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Fall, Winter
Growth Rate [2]  Rapid
Janka Hardness [4]  1690 lbf (767 kgf) Medium
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [2]  20 inches (51 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [2]  High
Seeds Per [2]  319999 / lb (705478 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [3]  Tree
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None

Predators

Archips micaceana[5]
Australiputo eucalypti[6]
Colobus guereza (Guereza)[7]
Dysschema sacrifica[5]
Glena bipennaria[5]
Glena unipennaria[5]
Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale)[6]
Liothula omnivora[8]
Mnesampela privata (Autumn gum moth)[9]
Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale)[6]
Strepsicrates ejectana[5]
Strepsicrates rhothia[5]
Thyrinteina arnobia[5]
Trichophassus giganteus[5]
Xenimpia erosa[5]
Xyleutes boisduvali (Giant goat moth)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Criconema mutabile <Unverified Name>[9]
Discocriconemella limitanea <Unverified Name>[9]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

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Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Svalbard Global Seed Vault

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Hill K.D. & Stanberg L.C., 2004, IOPI Global Plant Checklist in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 7Variation in diet and ranging of black and white colobus monkeys in Kibale National Park, Uganda, Tara R. Harris & Colin A. Chapman, Primates (2007) 48:208–221 ♦ 8New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database ♦ 9Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Institution information provided by Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway Ministry of Agriculture and Food - February 2013