DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Eucalyptus globulus | Bluegum Eucalyptus 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Bluegum eucalyptus is native to Tasmania and southeastern Australia.  It
was introduced into California in 1856 and into Hawaii in about 1865.
It has naturalized in both states [3,7].  It is a fairly common
ornamental in Arizona but has not naturalized there [7].  The planted
range in California extends from Humboldt County south to San Diego
County, with best growth in the coastal fog belt near San Francisco.
There are numerous plantings in the Central Valley from Redding south to
Bakersfield and San Bernardino.  Hawaii has about 12,000 acres (5,000
ha) of planted and naturalized bluegum eucalyptus, almost all of them on
the islands of Hawaii and Maui [7].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES42  Annual grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  HI


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CHIS  GOGA  HALE  HAVO  PORE  SAMO


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    3  Southern Pacific Border


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K030  California oakwoods
   K033  Chaparral
   K048  California steppe


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   248  Knobcone pine
   250  Blue oak - Digger pine
   255  California coast live oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Most dense bluegum eucalyptus stands in California and Hawaii are almost
devoid of understory vegetation, except for a few hardy grasses.  In
Hawaii, firetree (Myrica faga) sometimes invades bluegum stands, and the
noxious passion fruit vine (Passiflora mollissima) has been found in
young bluegum eucalyptus coppice stands [7].

In its native habitat bluegum eucalyptus grows in pure stands and in
mixtures with many other eucalypt species.  In California, it has been
planted with forest redgum eucalyptus and river redgum eucalyptus (E.
camaldulensis).  In Hawaii, it has been planted with many other
eucalypts [7].

Related categories for Species: Eucalyptus globulus | Bluegum Eucalyptus