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Eucalyptus alba (white eucalyptus)

Synonyms: Eucalyptus alba var. australasica; Eucalyptus australasica; Eucalyptus leucadendron (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Eucalyptus alba, or white gum, is a species of Eucalyptus which is native to Australia, Timor, and New Guinea. A dominant tree of open woodland, it reaches 18 m (59 ft) high with a spread of up to 15 m (49 ft).
View Wikipedia Record: Eucalyptus alba

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Janka Hardness [3]  1620 lbf (735 kgf) Medium
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [4]  0.85
Structure [2]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kakadu National Park II 4744348 Northern Territory, Australia

Predators

Psitteuteles iris (Iris Lorikeet)[5]
Strepsicrates rhothia[6]
Thyrinteina arnobia[6]
Timocratica albella[6]
Trichophassus giganteus[6]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Criconema lanxifrons[7]
Hemicriconemoides brachyurus[7]
Hemicriconemoides mangiferae[7]
Hemicycliophora brevicauda <Unverified Name>[7]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 7Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0