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The Gum Tree Invader at Longwood

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Bodhi Leaf 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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Taxon 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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  • 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 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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