Yes, we call eucalypts gum trees, but mallee eucalypts barely qualify as tr=
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See http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallee_(habit). The trees in this locati=
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<<The area is sand dunes, perhaps up to 20m or 30m high, covered with low s=
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An Australian friend of mine, a recent emigre to California, refers to thes=
e as Gum Trees, & I was under the impression this was common usage down und=
er. Here in California they are always called Eucalyptus & they are so comm=
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