Eucalyptus globulus
| Wildflowers | Dicots | Myrtales | Myrtaceae | Eucalyptus |
Blue gum.
Imported from Australia, originally planted in about 1850 in our area and is all over our mesas.
Blooms in the winter (about Dec-Apr).
The most interesting grove is the Butterfly Preserve out near Ellwood which has been home to a winter colony of Monarch butterflies from at least the 1870s (no one seems to know where they migrated to before the grove was planted).
Wildflowers in Santa Barbara 
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