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What you can do: Plant more eucalyptus trees in California Monarch butterflies in California need eucalyptus trees for their winter roost https://milliontrees.
by moviewise 4y ago
What you can do: Plant more eucalyptus trees in California
Monarch butterflies in California need eucalyptus trees for their winter roost
https://milliontrees.me/2013/11/01/monarch-butterflies-in-california-need-eucalyptus-trees-for-their-winter-roost/ https://milliontrees.me/2013/11/01/monarch-butterflies-in-ca...
- mistrial9 4y agountrue -- Blue Gum is not native.. aka eucalyptus; specialists needed here
- bombcar 4y agoYeah California has enough eucalyptus. I second the suggestion to plant native local plants that get the goals you want (eucalyptuses are the opposite of native).
- moviewise 4y agoIn Santa Cruz, California, where monarch butterflies roost in winter: "The number of Natural Bridges’ overwintering butterflies is still down more than 95 percent since 1997, and the Tasmanian blue gum eucalyptus canopy that has sheltered generations of butterflies is falling apart." "Eucalyptus trees have small leaves that are thin enough for monarchs to wrap their feet around. For longer than anyone can remember, those trees have also provided the butterflies a convenient food source and a haven during the winter months, like a warm blanket or an umbrella to protect them from the wind and rain." https://www.goodtimes.sc/eucalyptus-grove-monarch-butterflies/ https://www.goodtimes.sc/eucalyptus-grove-monarch-butterflie...
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- jolux 4y agoAren't eucalyptus trees invasive and a hazard for fire control? I know they're clear-cutting loads of eucalyptus in the Berkeley Hills for concerns of fire risk.