Checklist of Stanford Eucalypts: Current and Historical Plantings

Stanford has had in the past one of the most diverse collections of Eucalyptus in California and still has some mature specimens of very rare and unique trees. The following two tables list 129 taxa of Eucalyptus known to have been planted on campus. Ron Bracewell reported 94 species, subspecies, and hybrids growing on campus as of March 1980, including trees at Heliopolis, 3185 Alpine Road, his former radio astronomy research site. A number of species had been already lost in the 1972 freeze.

In August, 2007 Dr. Matt Ritter provided Herb Fong with 26 trees representing 8 species for planting on campus. All should thrive in local climate conditions. All were raised from seed. Detailed below are the number of individuals, species name, source or provenance if known, and the approximate seed-planting date. For those that were collected from horticultural trees in California, progeny were checked to make sure they lacked any hybrid characteristics. Hybridization of Eucalyptus in cultivation is rare in general. February, 2008 the young trees were planted in the Ron Bracewell Grove south of the vernal pond on Lasuen. They have been plotted on Grounds Sevices young specimen tree inventory map and are being monitored monthly.

• 4 E. grandis, Sheffield seeds Australia, 10/2006
• 4 E. crenulata, from seed collected from the only tree in California on the UCSB campus, 9/9/2006 [this species is endangered in the wild and very rare in California]
• 2 E. goniocalyx, from seed collected from a tree in Los Osos on Inyo Drive, 4/13/2006
• 4 E. punctata, from seed collected from a tree in the Vasona Lake Max Watson Grove (MR#80), June 2006
• 3 E. creba, from seed collected from a tree on the Stanford campus on the intersection of Palm Drive and Arboretum Rd., 5 yards off Palm Drive, June 2006
• 3 E. nitens, Sheffield seeds Australia, 10/2006
• 3 E. neglecta, from seed collected from a tree in the Max Watson grove at the U.C. Santa Cruz arboretum, November 2006
• 2 E. blakelyi, from seed collected from a tree at 3185 Alpine Road originally planted by Ron Bracewell, June 2006

Bibliography of Stanford Eucalypts

• Bracewell, Ronald. 1971. California Report on Eucalyptus.
• Bracewell, Ronald. 2003. Eucalyptus Notes.
• Bracewell, Ronald. 1980. Eucalyptus Test Plantings that survived the December, 1972 freeze.
• Bracewell, Ronald. 2000. Eucalyptus Tour. Prepared for American Society of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (AABGA) by Ron Bracewell, 13 October 2000.
• Bracewell, Ronald. 1970. Heliopolis (3185 Alpine Rd.) Planting Map, 1 in 1200, 23 July 1970. 1 map sheet.
• Bracewell, Ronald. 1970-2006. Heliopolis (3185 Alpine Rd.) Planting map and list. Ron Bracewell's tree location map and planting and survival record of Eucalypts planted at his research site. 1970. Rev. 31 Jan. 2001; Rev. 2006.
• Douglas, Thomas H. 1889-1991. Daily Journals. SC 195, SUA.
• Friedman, Roberta. 1988. Strangers in Our Midst. Pacific Discovery Summer: 24-30. Author quotes Ron Bracewell.
• Rawlings, John. 2007. Eucalyptus checklist.
• Ritter, Matt. 2006. List of species growing (or grown at one time) in California.
• Ritter, Matt. May, 2006. Stanford Eucalyptus Report.
• Stanford University Grounds Services. Psyllid Infestation on Stanford Campus.

Eucalypts in California

• Cooper, Ellwood. 1876. Forest Culture and Eucalyptus Trees. Cubery.
• Docktor, Dave, et al. 1964-2005. Max Watson's Vasona Eucalyptus Grove.
• Dahlsten, DL et al. 2005. Imported parasitic wasp helps control red gum psyllid. http://CaliforniaAgriculture.ucop.edu
• Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. Coastal Training Program; California Invasive Plant Council. June 3, 2004. Ecology and Impacts of Blue Gum Eucalyptus in Coastal California.
• Friedman, Roberta. 1988. Strangers in Our Midst. Pacific Discovery Summer: 24-30.
• Kinney, Abbot. 1895. Eucalyptus. B. R. Baumgardt. "No forests, no farms."
• Ritter, M. 2006. List of species growing (or grown at one time) in California.
• Santos, Robert L. 1997. The Eucalypts of California: Seeds of Good or Seeds of Evil. Alley-Cass Publications.
• Simmons, Walt. 1998. Familiar Strangers. Salmo Gardneri Publications.
• Suddjian, David. 2004. Birds and Eucalyptus on the Central California Coast: A Love – Hate Relationship. David L. Suddjian Biological Consulting Services. A paper presented at Ecology and Impacts of Blue Gum Eucalyptus in Coastal California, June 3, 2004.
• Tyrrell, Ian. 2001. Peripheral Visions: Californian-Australian Environmental Contacts, c. 1850s-1910." In McNeill, JR, ed. Environmental History in the Pacific World. Ashgate.
• Tyrrell, Ian. 1999. True gardens of the gods: Californian-Australian environmental reform, 1860-1930. Berkeley: University of California Press.
• Walther, E. 1928. A key to the species of Eucalyptus in California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences XVII: 67-87.
  

Eucalypts Present 5/06-12/06

Key to table: Col. 2: * = Thomas Douglas reported planted this species in the Arboretum 1888-1891; + = known only from 3185 Alpine Rd. Col. 6. (n) = height in feet as of 1980.
MR= Verified by Dr. Matt Ritter

	present 01/31/01	present 5/06-12/06	AABGA tour	Survived 1972 freeze, 3185 Alpine Rd.
acaciiformis	YES+[unnum.-NW]	YES+/MR		y (20)
aggregata	YES	YES/MR		y (40)
albens	YES [lost before 5/03]	?--may be stump sprouting	y
albida	YES+ [nnn-NW]	YES+/MR
blakelyi	YES+ [258-NW]	YES+/MR
botryoides	YES	YES/MR	y
bridgesiana	YES	YES/MR		y (20)
caesia	YES+ [169-NE]	?		y (5)
camaldulensis	YES *	YES/MR	y	y (30)
cinerea	YES	YES	y	y (10)
citriodora	YES	YES/MR	y
cladocalyx	YES *	YES/MR		y (25)
conferruminata	YES	YES/MR
cornuta	YES	NO	y
crebra	YES	YES/MR
cypellocarpa	YES+ [2019-NW]	?		y (30)
diversicolor	YES	YES
dundasii	YES	YES/MR
dwyeri	YES [but lost before 5/05]	NO	y
erythronema	YES	YES/MR
ficifolia	YES	YES		y (7)
globulus	YES	YES		y (50)
g. var compacta	YES
goniocalyx	YES	YES/MR
gunnii	YES	YES/MR		y (35)
intertexta	YES	YES/MR
kruseana	YES	YES/MR
lehmannii	YES	YES/MR
leucoxylon	YES	YES/MR	y	y (35)
linearis (pulchella)	YES	YES/MR		y (30)
loxophleba	YES+ [230-NW]	?
macrandra	YES	YES/MR	y	y (15)
mannifera (maculosa)	YES	YES/MR		y
megacornuta	YES	YES/MR
melliodora	YES	YES/MR		y (25)
morrisbyi	YES+[148,166,168-NE]	?		y (25)
nicholii	YES	YES/MR		y (30)
ochrophloia	YES+ [2017-NW; 311-SW]	?		y (15)
oleosa	YES	YES/MR
paniculata	YES	YES/MR
parvula (parviflora)	YES	YES/MR		y (30)
patens	YES	YES
pauciflora	YES+[2016-NW: 1014-NE]	?		y (25)
pellita	YES	YES/MR		y (20)
platypus	YES	YES/MR	y
polyanthemos	YES *	YES/MR	y	y (20)
pulchella	YES	YES/MR		y (30)
pulverulenta	YES	YES/MR	y	y (15)
punctata	YES	YES/MR
redunca	YES	YES/MR	y
resinifera	YES	YES/MR
robusta	YES	YES/MR		y (20)
rudis	YES	YES/MR
salubris	YES	YES/MR
sideroxylon	YES	YES/MR	y
squamosa	YES+ [279-NW]	?		y (30)
stellulata	YES+ [279;2013-NW] [424,425-SE]	?		y (20)
urnigera	YES+ [1090-NE]	?		y (30)
viminalis	YES *	YES/MR		y (30)
viridis	YES	YES/MR

Eucalyptus Lost

	present 9/2004	AABGA tour	Survived 1972 freeze, 3185 Alpine Rd.
albens	NO [lost before 5/03]	y	y
alpina	NO+
amygdalina	NO+
amplifolia	NO+		y (20)
angophoroides	NO+		y (25)
angulosa	NO+
annulata	NO+
astringens	NO+
burdettiana	NO+		y (25)
burracoppinensis	NO+
calycogona	NO+		y (5)
campanulata	NO+
clelandii	NO+
coccifera	NO+
compacta	NO
conglobata	NO+
cornuta	YES [lost before 5/05]	y
cosmophylla	NO+		y (10)
cypellocarpa	NO+ [2019-NW]		y
dalrympleana	NO+
desmondensis	NO+
dielsii	NO+
diptera	NO+		y (5)
dwyeri	YES [but lost before 5/05]	y
ebanoensis	NO+
eremophila	NO+
erythrandra	NO+
erythrocorys	NO+
eugenioides	NO+
eximia	NO+
exserta	NO+
flocktoniae	NO+
forrestiana	NO+
froggattii	NO+		y (20)
gillii	NO+
globoidea	NO+
gomphocephala	NO * +		y (15)
grandis	NO+
grossa	NO+
gummifera	NO+
kingsmillii	NO+		y (5)
kitsoniana	NO+		y (25)
laeliae	NO
lansdowneana	NO+		y (25)
ligistrina	NO+
macarthurii	?
macrocarpa	NO+
maculata	?		y (10)
maidenii	NO+
microcarpa	NO+		y (7)
neglecta	NO+
niphophila	NO+		y (10)
nortonii	NO+		y (18)
nutans	NO+
obliqua *	NO
occidentalis	NO+		y (20)
ovata	NO+
oxymitra	NO+
pauciflora	?+[2016-NW: 1014-NE]		y (25)
perriniana	NO+
preissiana	NO+
pruinosa	NO+
pyriformis	NO+
racemosa	NO+		y (12)
saligna	NO+
salmonophloia	NO+
sepulcralis	NO+
similis	NO+
spathulata	NO+
stricklandii	NO+		y (12)
stowardii	NO+
tetraptera	NO+
tinghaensis	NO+		y (8)
torquata	NO+
torwood	NO+
uncinata	NO+
woodwardii	NO+