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by jet_32951 1522 days ago
Unlike eucalypts in Australia, in California and Hawai'i nothing eats them. Tasmanian bluegum is the most common eucalypt in that range [0]. Therefore a) they grow very rapidly, and b) are useless as structural or furniture woods. The Berkeley Hills "Tunnel" fire of 1991 [1] was driven in large measure by the presence of eucalypts. In much of northern California today, eucalypts are seen as large flammable weeds.

[0] https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/eucglo/all.h...

[1] https://www.caloes.ca.gov/FireRescueSite/Documents/CFIW-Oakl...

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We would do better to grow Acacia acuminata, Raspberry Jam Tree, in SoCal. It grows fast, and smells like raspberry jam when sawed. Australia has millions of century-old A. acu. fenceposts, 'cause they last forever. Carbon capture! The wood (like most acacia) is excellent for furniture.

https://www.australianplants.com/about.aspx

(It is not on her price list, but I know she has it.)

It is also easy to refine DMT from the fallen leaves. Or sawdust.