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Eucalyptus saligna
(Myrtaceae)

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Species description or overview

Eucalyptus saligna information from PIER
Information on Eucalyptus saligna as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Eucalyptus saligna information from "Common forest trees of Hawaii" View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Eucalyptus saligna is presented with respect to this species being a forest tree in Hawaii. The information on this site is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) 1989 publication by Little and Skolmen entitled "Common forest trees of Hawaii (native and introduced)."

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Eucalyptus saligna
Nomenclatural information about Eucalyptus saligna is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Eucalyptus saligna
Nomenclatural information about Eucalyptus saligna is provided by ITIS.

Eucalyptus saligna information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Eucalyptus saligna--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Impacts

Eucalyptus saligna (Myrtaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Eucalyptus saligna as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Risk assessments

Eucalyptus saligna weed risk assessment for Hawaii-Pacific
Results of a weed risk assessment for Eucalyptus saligna for the Hawaii-Pacific region are presented by the Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment team.

Pests of this species

An analysis of the risk of introduction of additional strains of the rust Puccinia psidii Winter (ohia rust) to Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
This 2008 analysis of the risk of introduction of additional strains of the rust Puccinia psidii to Hawaii provided a basis for Hawaii Department of Agriculture's interim rule regulating importation of plant in the myrtle family, in place for 12 months after its enactment on August 28, 2007.

Images

Eucalyptus saligna images from PIER
Images of Eucalyptus saligna provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Eucalyptus saligna information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Eucalyptus saligna--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

In the news

Eucalyptus species fail to support native understory
Eucalptus saligna canopies provide ineffective nursery ecosystems for the regeneration of native species (Raising Islands blog by Jan TenBruggencate, 9/26/2008).

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

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