Arboreal musings

The Icelandic birki is one of my favorite trees, it has a lovely fragrance, small, dark, filigreed leaves, and bark that changes color and texture, from a smooth red to a bumpy brown. Now that I'm back in California, I am turning my attention to the eucalyptus trees.  Like the birki trees, they have a strong fragrance and interesting bark that peels off in great layers, though the leaves are larger and smoother. They are, however, a non-native species, and are in fact too tall and thin for the California soil and for the strong winds here. Branches routinely fall off, and whole trees fall down on top of houses during stormy weather. The unobtrusive birki trees, hanging close to the ground, rarely get uprooted. Something to be said for things that grow slowly and cautiously.  

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