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In addition, the fire destroyed a swath of manna gum trees, which are a primary source of food for the animals.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
The quirky structure is sandwiched among three gum trees and features a secret door, indoor bar, tiki torches, hammock, and rope-and-pulley system for hoisting up supplies.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Here, the sugar maples, red maples, gum trees, and hickory trees show off their autumn colors; they’re also complemented by ferns, Japanese maples, and woody shrubs in the gardens, creating one of Asheville’s most spectacular sights.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
Sometimes the marsupials sat practically at eye level, watching us with their sleepy eyes from the crook of a gum tree limb, but most times the adults were positioned higher up.
—Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
But, with too few gum trees—as Aussies call eucalypts—on French Island, where many have been removed for cattle and sheep grazing, the koalas are essentially eating themselves out of house and home.
—Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
That sentiment is also common in Cape Otway, Victoria, a forested triangle of coastline where a small cohort of French Island koalas was reintroduced in the 1980s—and quickly boomed, gnawing its way through the region’s manna gum trees.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
Invasive black wattle, pine and gum trees crowd the jagged slopes that encircle this region’s sprawling wine lands, displacing native vegetation and choking off precious water that would otherwise trickle into the city’s reservoirs.
—Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
Last month, Answer Man visited the London gum tree.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
The quirky structure is sandwiched among three gum trees and features a secret door, indoor bar, tiki torches, hammock, and rope-and-pulley system for hoisting up supplies.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Here, the sugar maples, red maples, gum trees, and hickory trees show off their autumn colors; they’re also complemented by ferns, Japanese maples, and woody shrubs in the gardens, creating one of Asheville’s most spectacular sights.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2024
Sometimes the marsupials sat practically at eye level, watching us with their sleepy eyes from the crook of a gum tree limb, but most times the adults were positioned higher up.
—Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
But, with too few gum trees—as Aussies call eucalypts—on French Island, where many have been removed for cattle and sheep grazing, the koalas are essentially eating themselves out of house and home.
—Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
That sentiment is also common in Cape Otway, Victoria, a forested triangle of coastline where a small cohort of French Island koalas was reintroduced in the 1980s—and quickly boomed, gnawing its way through the region’s manna gum trees.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
Invasive black wattle, pine and gum trees crowd the jagged slopes that encircle this region’s sprawling wine lands, displacing native vegetation and choking off precious water that would otherwise trickle into the city’s reservoirs.
—Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
Last month, Answer Man visited the London gum tree.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
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“Gum tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gum%20tree. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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