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In the park, roughly 400 trees, mostly non-native — and notoriously flammable — eucalyptuses, were considered part of the cultural historic landscape.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

Like many other very large trees in L.A. — the eucalyptuses, the bunya-bunyas, the Moreton Bay figs — it hails from Australia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Loosely modeled on cactuses, palms, pines and eucalyptuses, they are tucked between bowling alleys and sewage treatment plants.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Redwoods, madrones and manzanitas will be replanted, Mr. Rivail said, but not eucalyptuses, which he called “tinder boxes with oils.”

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021

Since eucalyptuses are particularly resistant to fire, they spread far and wide while other trees and shrubs disappeared.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari