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RE: TreeTuesday: "Us Living Our Lives ... Them Living Theirs"

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Is it a eucalypt? The bark looks like it might be, but I'm not sure about the leaves, there are so many varieties.
They shed their bark and leaves, and the eucalyptus oil is flammable. The only way many Australian trees can germinate is with fire. They drop their own kindling.
This is one in my street.

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It might be...
https://www.gardenguides.com/about_6715849_information-florida-eucalyptus-trees.html

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    @girlbeforemirror,

    Marg, that was our second guess ... and it might be right. The reason we shied away from Eucalyptus was that the underlying bark (the new stuff) often has a multitude of colors (rainbow-like). Although, in your picture, that doesn't appear to be the case.

    A copy-paste from my reply to @old-guy-photos somewhere in this section:

    It's strange. They've been doing this for years and it never occurred to me to ask, "What the heck is going on." I saw it, but I didn't see it. Apparently, Eucalyptus trees do this as well ... but they have a rainbow of colors in the underlying bark! Katie is asking around at school to see if any of her friends have a Eucalyptus tree. If they do, we're going to take a photo (before), and then take the bark back home and extract the Eucalyptus Oil (after) from it with Katie's home laboratory equipment (which now rivals many undergraduate labs ... 6 years of Alzheimer's Research and Experimentation ... for my Mom).

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    The only way many Australian trees can germinate is with fire. They drop their own kindling.

    I find that incredibly fascinating. The more you learn about Nature, the more it amazes. Although it's science (and I'm a science guy), the Art in it is profound. Indeed, Margaret, there's a poem in there. Like a Phoenix, born from its ashes. Fire ... the crucible of life. Remember me saying that you need silk to make a silk purse. That's silk.

    Speaking of poems, how's our collaboration going? If you need any help, or just want to brainstorm, don't be shy.

    Thanks for this great comment.

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     6 years ago (edited)

    I did a spot of research, the pretty rainbow variety were popular in US, California have them too.
    The one above apparently is one of only a few left in my area that were standing here before European settlement.

    We have many paper bark and ghost gums too. They shed in large sheets. I have painted on them.
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    This one gave me that sheet of bark.

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    https://steemit.com/art/@girlbeforemirror/steemit-vision-quest-rediscovering-the-queen-of-the-forest

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      I learnt something today. Rainbow eucalyptus trees aren't from Australia. They are found in Papua, Indonesia and The Philippines.
      https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/eucalyptus/rainbow-eucalyptus-tree.htm

      I am reading through and starting to gather some ideas now for my poetry task.

      Although it bares no resemblance, the lion and sheep references reminded me of one of my sons favourite rhyming books.

      The very cranky bear.

      There are a number of YouTube read alongs. This lady sings it! - Enjoy.

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