It is speculated that eucalyptus was introduced to California by writer, sailor and gold-miner Jack London, who believed it would replace the ever, slow-growing redwood. Instead it proved to be a useless invasive tree that is not suitable as a building material and pushes other local species out of the way. Thousands of trees were brought over from Australia. Then he wrote about wolves.
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