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

Location:

State: Tamil Nadu
Locality: Kotagiri: Longwood Shola

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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]

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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