in the landscape as a patio tree or as an accent or specimen. Foliage
is excellent in cut arrangements. This tree is subject to secondary
root-rot organisms, and rapid decline may follow root injury.
 Narrow-leaved ironbark, Eucalyptus crebra, reaches a height of
30 feet with a spread of 15 feet. Crowns are medium-dense; scaffold
limbs are almost vertical and terminated by long, slender, pendulous
branches. Bark is persistent, hard, with narrow, deep, longitudinal
furrows. Leaves are narrow, lanceolate, with almost parallel veins
widely diverging from the midrib. Narrow-leaved ironbark is recom-
mended as a framing, background and shade tree.
 Swamp mahogany, Eucalyptus robusta, is a symmetrically
branched tree to 60 feet in height. Leaves are alternate, simple,
narrowly lanceolate, 3 to 7 inches long, and dark green with veins
spreading at almost right angles from the midrib. Swamp mahogany
is subject to wind damage since wood is brittle and foliage thick.
Best landscape use is as a shade or background tree or where a salt
tolerant tree is needed.
 Eucalyptus tanelliana, common name not known, attains a height
of 20 feet with a spread of 14 feet. Crowns are dense, rounded and
composed of many upright branches. Leaves are ovate, simple, alter-
nate, tomentose and light green in color. Bark peels in small linear
plates. This tree can be used to good advantage in group plantings
as an individual specimen and serves well as a framing or background
tree and as a patio subject.

 Ficus spp. Moraceae. Fig or Rubber Tree. Southern and Central
area. Evergreen.
 Nearly all trees in the genus Ficus are vigorous growers with
attractive foliage. Fertile soils are not essential to thrifty growth,
but several species grow better in well-drained locations. All fig
trees will tolerate some salt spray, and are useful in coastal plantings.


Fig. 28.-Benjamin fig, Ficus benjamin.