Eucalyptus grandis

Common Name: grand eucalyptus

Family: Myrtaceae

Common Synonyms: none

USDA Hardiness Zone: 9b - 11

Growth Habit: Tree

Origin: Australia

FISC Category: -

FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No

Introduction Date: specimen vouchered in 1986

IFAS Assessment:

  • North: INVASIVE
  • Central: INVASIVE
  • South: INVASIVE
Eucalyptus grandis
Pete Diamond
Eucalyptus grandis
Pete Diamond

Description

Evergreen tree to 55 m tall, bark smooth, peeling in long, strips to expose a powdery surface. Leaves dark green and glossy above, paler below to 20 cm long. Cream colored flowers with exerted stamens to 8 mm long, pear-shaped. Fruit a brown pear-shaped capsule 7-10 mm long.

Habitat

Disturbed sites

Comments

Vouchered from Pinellas and Lake Okeechobee area. Proposed as a biofuel species.

Map of species distribution

Control Methods

  • Manual: NA
  • Chemical: NA
  • Biological: NA

Control Notes

No specific recommendations available. <i>Eucalyptus globulus</i> (Tasmanian blue gum) was best controlled by glyphosate, relative to imazapyr, tricolpyr 3A & 4, and picloram+2,4-D. [https://wric.ucdavis.edu/information/natural%20areas/wr_E/Eucalyptus.pdf]

References

Booth, T. 2012. Eucalypts and their potential for invasiveness particularly in frost-prone regions. International Journal of Forestry Research 2012: 1-7.

Dave's Garden. 2013. PlantFiles: Rose gum eucalyptus, flooded gum, rose gum, Eucalyptus grandis. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/75509/. Accessed on December 9, 2013.

Invasive Species South Africa. 2013. Saligna gum, Eucalyptus grandis. http://www.invasives.org.za/invasive-species/item/252-saligna-gum-eucalyptus-grandis.html. Accessed on December 9, 2013.

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