i like eucalyptus and i like arboretums. sure, it's nice to emphasize native plants, but a world-class collection of plants is to me wonderful - whether diverse, like strybing arboretum and the rainforest in the sf academy of science, or focused like the huntington collection of cacti and succulents and like the stanford eucalyptus collection.
when folks speak of the eucalyptus widely planted by settlers, i expect you are speaking of eucalyptus globulus, the giant, invasive blue gum. stanford does have a few of those, but mainly stanford has dozens of species of eucalyptus, one of the best collections outside of australia.
eucalyptus citriodora has a particularly beautiful white trunk. there are several really nice ones near the greek theater in l.a. last time i was in santa cruz for the wharf to wharf at the end of july, there were, in the blocks near the water just north of the race start, dozens of eucalyptus ficifolia covered with their spectacular clusters of fire-engine-red flowers.
https://www.gardenia.net/plant/eucalyptus-citriodora
http://lh2treeid.blogspot.com/2010/03/eu...g-gum.html
an arboretum is like a museum for trees though maybe you have to learn a bit about different trees to appreciate them.
by analogy to the native issue, i do like local art. my favorite museum is the di rosa collection in napa, a collection of bay area artists (so local if not native american), such as roy de forest, joan brown, etc. fantastic! but i'll see and enjoy a non-native exhibit, eg van gogh & rousseau, or teamlab.
imo climate change is to blame for the various environmental catastrophes we are experiencing with the volatile weather of the last few years. it's too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry. don't blame the trees! cutting down trees is not going to make a significant dent in the ongoing worsening weather.
when folks speak of the eucalyptus widely planted by settlers, i expect you are speaking of eucalyptus globulus, the giant, invasive blue gum. stanford does have a few of those, but mainly stanford has dozens of species of eucalyptus, one of the best collections outside of australia.
eucalyptus citriodora has a particularly beautiful white trunk. there are several really nice ones near the greek theater in l.a. last time i was in santa cruz for the wharf to wharf at the end of july, there were, in the blocks near the water just north of the race start, dozens of eucalyptus ficifolia covered with their spectacular clusters of fire-engine-red flowers.
https://www.gardenia.net/plant/eucalyptus-citriodora
http://lh2treeid.blogspot.com/2010/03/eu...g-gum.html
an arboretum is like a museum for trees though maybe you have to learn a bit about different trees to appreciate them.
by analogy to the native issue, i do like local art. my favorite museum is the di rosa collection in napa, a collection of bay area artists (so local if not native american), such as roy de forest, joan brown, etc. fantastic! but i'll see and enjoy a non-native exhibit, eg van gogh & rousseau, or teamlab.
imo climate change is to blame for the various environmental catastrophes we are experiencing with the volatile weather of the last few years. it's too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry. don't blame the trees! cutting down trees is not going to make a significant dent in the ongoing worsening weather.