Hello! This is my first attempt at blogging. Since I didn't know where to start I decided to upload one of my favorite photos of a River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) that is growing along Station Creek just north of Leonora in Western Australia. There are several magestic specimens like this one growing in the dry creek bed. You can see that the huge lignatuber is exposed.
You wouldn't imagine that such large trees could grow in such an arid environment. The Northern Goldfields only receives about 250-300mm of rainfall a year. That is around 10 inches. I suppose the big trees like this one and the Salmon Gums (Eucalyptus salmonaphloia) that grow around Kalgoorlie are able to tap into underground moisture and are salt tolerant to some degree.
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