Why, Mick are you an ugly one at the moment?....:U :roll: ...
If I had the power, it would be the power to understand SWMBO, then I could spend more time in the shed and out fishing without upsetting her!..:2tsup:
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E. glob (blue gum) growing at Berkly campus are "significant trees" essentially protected. I have also heard some oz natives ie shining gum/bluegum are considered environmental weeds in parts of the US.
Portugal and Spain have huge plantations of eucs as do Brazil Uraguy and other sth American countries. When you buy euc oil its probably produced in portugal.
France and Spain share some of the best acacia plantations for use in perfume manufacturing.
Sth Africa extracts tannins for tanning and sell it world wide from Black wattle (A mearnsii). Microwave technology allows them to ship timber from euc plantations within 12 days of the tree being felled.
Israel have changed a cultivar of quandong so much they are now claiming it as a native of israel.
Want me to go on?
Not only have we allowed other countries to develope our trees for commercial purpouses we gave it to em for nothing, aand told em how to do it. :((
Try getting seed for a koa tree from Hawaii
http://volcanogallery.com/aboutkoa.htm
So it would become a hard water supply :D