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I will research and see what I can find out. However, in the meantime this may be of interest to you, Pete ...

http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/news/index.cfm?uNewsID=20933&uLangID=1

And this is the area near me ...

http://www.viva-algarve.pt/reflorestacao/PDF/MVen.pdf

[ 26. December 2006, 04:28 PM: Message edited by: Lady of Leisure ]

 

Yes that is interesting, you cant beat the natural vegetation of an area for being best at dealing with the local conditions.
Cant think why they want the eucalypts, all the time they are there the fires will get worse.... surely.They are fast growing but not sure if the timber has any real use. What do they use it for?

Dont put yourself out too much with the research, although it is kind of you to do so, thanks

 

Paper. I put up a second link, perhaps whilst you were reading the first!

 

Yes I did only read the first, but the second makes sense.
Its always amazes me that it costs money to convert an area back to its natural state.
The times we are asked for money in the UK to return an area to forest, and the money is needed to buy trees.
Get the local kids to collect acorns and throw them around, nature will do the rest.
I think the problems there are more difficult though. :rolleyes:

 

Just to add to the use of Eucalyptus ... particularly here it is used for various furnitures and more specifically for roof support beams.

I will now add that roof support beams are visible in houses here just as oak beams are in old English houses. The difference here is that cane is put on top of the beams with the roof tiles on top of the cane with, depending on the builder, various layers of insulation in between.

We had our three rooms in the front of the house re-done as the original but had problems so now have a concrete ceiling (normal here) with "false" beams, ie, not structural, and no can in between. If you've not seen this, I have pictures I could post at some time.

 

Do they allow the the eucalyptus to get big enough for timber use then, what spiecies is it?

 

60-80 feet tall (never measured, only looked up) ... will have to look up the species.

 

Out and about today, took this pic of these trees I love but am not sure what they are. This is a baby one in the garden at Barclays Bank, Lagoa ...



We were just up on the deck and heard jingles and bells and knew it was the shepherd moseying around with his sheep and goats ... sorry, the road is quite a distance away, but the white specks ( :D :D ) are the critters ...

 

Looks like pne of the pines, LoL - not sure which. Will have a look around.....

 

Thanks, Dendro, you're good for looking such up. I think someone asked about such a tree a few months ago and I'm sure this is it.

Did you notice I said "in the garden at Barclays Bank"? Just like every Barclays Bank garden, huh?

 

It could be this, LoL - I've found references to them being in Portugal. A Loblolly Pine! (Pinus taeda) - a young one, of course.....

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=loblolly+pine&btnG=Search+Images

We have a lot of young Scots Pines planted on roundabouts and road verges here, and they have a very similar look at this stage, but they're not the same - but it's enough to make me fairly sure it's a pine of some sort....

 

Could it be a Norfolk Island Pine.

It looks a bit Araucaria like.

 

That's what I thought too, Pete - but I've seen so many immature Scots Pines around here, that I'm 99% sure it's a pine, although definitely NOT a Scots one.

 

We need a close up LOL. :D

 

And a count of the number of needles in a bunch..... we'll get the field guides out....