The Role and Harm of Eucalyptus Prices, Plus an Introduction to Eucalyptus Prices
Come to think of it, eucalyptus is truly a tree species that makes people both love and hate it. Why is that? Let's find out together.
What Are the Specific Uses of Eucalyptus?
Landscaping use: Eucalyptus has a graceful form, stays evergreen all year round, grows exceptionally fast and has strong drought resistance, making it suitable as a street tree, a windbreak and sand-fixation forest species, and a landscaping tree. Its leaves contain aromatic oil with bactericidal and mosquito-repelling effects, and the oil can be extracted; it is also a good landscaping tree for convalescent areas, residential areas, hospitals and public green spaces.
Food: The roots of eucalyptus can be eaten and can also yield water. In some places eucalyptus is used as fuel. The leaves of many eucalyptus species can be used as fodder. For the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and the early explorers of the Australian continent, eucalyptus was also an important source of water and food. The roots of eucalyptus can be eaten and can also yield water. In some places eucalyptus is used as fuel. The leaves of many eucalyptus species can be used as fodder. Most of what we have described above relates to how eucalyptus is used in Australia.
Medical use: Fresh eucalyptus leaves can be processed by water distillation to produce eucalyptus oil (oil yield 0.5-1.8%). Eucalyptus mainly contains eucalyptol (65-75%), along with terpenes, isovaleric leaf oil, carvone, pulegone, piperitone and other components. It can also be used as a medicinal raw material for oral preparations, rhinitis remedies, expectorants, cooling oils and wind-dispelling ointments.
Other effects: Analyses have found trace amounts of gold in eucalyptus leaves, because eucalyptus is a tree species in urgent need of water, and its roots reach deep underground in search of water; precisely for this reason, some eucalyptus roots come into contact with nearby ore veins, and the roots absorb tiny amounts of gold. If you find that the leaves of your eucalyptus contain trace amounts of gold, then your eucalyptus price will be very high, because there may be a gold mine beneath the tree.
What Specific Harm Does Eucalyptus Cause?
1. Eucalyptus is a fast-growing, high-yield forest species with an enormous demand for soil moisture. Introducing eucalyptus on a large scale will cause the groundwater level to drop, and its ability to retain water is very poor. Over time, the land surface becomes compacted, and soil desertification also occurs.
2. Eucalyptus has an enormous demand for soil fertilizer and nutrients. Wherever eucalyptus is planted, soil fertility declines or even becomes exhausted. The original vegetation is severely damaged because it cannot get enough fertilizer and nutrients, triggering land degradation, worsening soil and water conservation, and barren land; by then, introducing other plants simply will not survive. The proportion of severely eroded soil rises year by year, and landslides and floods increase.
3. Eucalyptus strongly suppresses local native and indigenous species. Once it grows, other species cannot grow, and they will gradually retreat, ultimately leaving eucalyptus forests with bare ground, with no grass or shrubs on the ground cover (such as the plants commonly known in my hometown as dangni tree, milk root, chicken-dung vine, honeysuckle, etc.), and no small trees or various Chinese medicinal herbs either. Other species cannot survive alongside it. The ecology will suffer subversive damage that is difficult to restore. Moreover, this may not become apparent within two or three years.
4. The chemical products applied to eucalyptus are highly toxic and long-lasting in effect, and eucalyptus gas has irritant and toxic effects. When planting eucalyptus, certain highly toxic, long-lasting chemical products are applied; once such a product is applied to the land, it will be very difficult to clean up completely, causing enormous water pollution, and causing immeasurable harm once people and livestock drink the water.
How Are Eucalyptus Prices?
Eucalyptus varieties include blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus), straight-stem eucalyptus, Smith's eucalyptus, large-leaf and small-leaf eucalyptus, river red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), and so on. Among them, blue gum and straight-stem eucalyptus are the main raw materials used to extract eucalyptus leaf oil. Eucalyptus leaf oil is unfamiliar to many people; it is mainly used in toothpaste, mouthwash, food and medicine. If the raw material is of excellent quality, then the eucalyptus price will naturally be very high.
Eucalyptus prices in China are generally calculated by veneer. The price of one cubic meter of eucalyptus veneer is 940 yuan; if it is eucalyptus veneer of very good quality, the price is 1,100 to 1,200 yuan/cubic meter. This shows how expensive eucalyptus prices are. Eucalyptus veneer is the preferred building material for renovation; this kind of veneer has good strength and strong corrosion resistance, and many large companies and high-end home renovations choose to use eucalyptus veneer. With economic development, more and more people pursue high-end living environments, so the trend in eucalyptus prices will also rise somewhat as sales increase.
In fact, although many harms of eucalyptus were described above, eucalyptus itself is not something everyone must avoid at all costs; as long as it is planted and used reasonably, it can also bring people valuable wealth.
In fact, although many harms of eucalyptus were described above, eucalyptus itself is not something everyone must avoid at all costs; as long as it is planted and used reasonably, it can also bring people valuable wealth.