Eucalyptus trees are everywhere in California, leading many to believe they’re part of the natural landscape. But as one botanist pointed out, they were brought in as a cash crop and became highly invasive instead.
Jessie Dickson (@sacramentofoodforest) posted a TikTok from a visit to the Jack London estate in Sonoma County in Northern California, which is home to 20 to 25 acres of eucalyptus trees that were brought in by the author to be cut and sold as lumber.
@sacramentofoodforest Eucalyptus trees are invasive in California and a sign of the colonization of native land. These trees were only planted after most of the native old growth redwoods and oak trees were already logged. They were seen as a cash crop. And now these trees are crashing biodiversity in a state known as a global biodiversity hotspot. Only 1% of the old growth forest remains in Sonoma county, two groves are left. where this human planted invasive forest is only one old growth redwood tree remains. Eucalyptus has extremely shallow roots and blow over easy in winter storms. Native wildlife does not benefit from these trees and eucalyptus is the biggest wildfire threat in the state of California. When you plant eucalyptus like Jack London you are blatantly planting one of the worst invasive plants in the world. Stop invasives plant native. #california#invasivespecies#eucalyptus#trees#fire#oldgrowthforest#logging#redwoods#redwood#forest#invasive#plantsoftiktok#invasiveplants#eucalyptusshower#treeroots#treestump#colonization#nature#giant#redwoodforest#sonoma#sonomacounty#native#plantlover#eco#climateaction#sustainability#habitat#restoration#nativeplants#nativeplanttok#nativehabitatproject#cali#landback#nativetiktok♬ Somewhere in the Woods – marzz…