Eucalypt regeneration is lagging behind in some areas burnt in the Black Summer fires. You can help.

Ben Langford
February 28 2022 - 7:00am
Eucalypts which are not growing back in the Gardens of Stone National Park.
Eucalypts which are not growing back in the Gardens of Stone National Park.

Call it a eucalypt, corymbia, a myrtacea, you can even include the angophora: the gum tree is as great an emblem of Australia as you can imagine.

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Ben Langford

Ben Langford

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