2. Eucalyptus needs higher fertilizer. Where eucalyptus is planted, the soil fertility will drop a lot, resulting in the death of the original vegetation due to insufficient nutrients.
The average fiber length of eucalyptus is 0.75-65438±0.30mm mm, and its color, density and extract ratio are suitable for pulping. Many large paper mills use eucalyptus to produce kraft paper and printing paper. Eucalyptus wood is heavy and hard with strong corrosion resistance, and can be used in buildings, sleepers, columns, piles, furniture, matches, farm tools, poles, fences, carbon materials and so on.
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Application of eucalyptus:
1. Eucalyptus has beautiful posture, evergreen seasons and extremely rapid growth, and has the ability to germinate, renew and improve wetlands. It is suitable as a tree species for landscaping protection forest.
2. Eucalyptus leaves contain aromatic oil, which has the functions of sterilization and mosquito repellent.
Eucalyptus is widely planted in southern China because of its high economic value and survival rate, which makes the local plant species tend to be single and breaks the original ecological balance.
In addition, the volatile aromatic oil contained in eucalyptus has insect repellent effect. Although it has economic value, it will also destroy the biological chain in the planting area, resulting in a decrease in the number of birds and other creatures, and eucalyptus oil itself is very flammable, which is one of the main reasons for the raging mountain fires in Australia and California.