Eucalyptus?!?

atmosphear commented on an entry by cloudofgold titled "Help Plant A Tree" regarding make a smaller ecological footprint:

Of all the trees they decided to plant eucalyptus?

I wonder if there are paper companies behind this or something, seeing their choice of tree for its use as pulp for the paper mills.

Eucalyptus will poison the ground for many years to come and other trees or plants will not be able to grow in the soil for 10 years or so. There are only a few animals that can even eat the leaves (koalas and some possums).

Eucalyptus trees also drain loads of water, being one of the worst choices in my opinion to plant as “the trees to save the world”!

So, think twice before planting these trees and write to the people of the site asking them to change the species they are planting.

For more information see e.g. Wikipedia’s article of Eucalyptus