The Gum Tree Invader at Longwood
At the entrance to the protected Longwood montane tropical rainforest in the Nilgiri Hills, a Tasmanian blue gum ironically grows over a signboard listing native tree species
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Botany:
- Common name: Tasmanian Blue Gum: One of the largest and tallest trees in the world in it’s native Tasmania, Blue Gum is grown extensively worldwide as a forestry tree
- Botanical species: Eucalyptus globulus
- Botanical family : Myrtaceae [Jamun or Eucalyptus]
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Geography:
- Latitude: 11.434417 ° north of the Equator
- Longitude: 76.874217 ° east of the Prime Meridian
- Altitude: 1966 metres above sea level
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Journey:
- A West Coast Jungle Triangle
- Path : From Bangalore to the Western Ghats at Bandipur and Ooty, and Agumbe Rainforest, and then down the coast from Udupi to Calicut and back to Bangalore via Nilambur
- Date photographed: 3.11.09

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