Recent Examples on the WebInvasive black wattle, pine and gum trees crowd the jagged slopes that encircle this region’s sprawling wine lands, displacing native vegetation and choking off precious water that would otherwise trickle into the city’s reservoirs.—Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024 Last month, Answer Man visited the London gum tree.—John Kelly, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023 For each one eliminated, officials plan to plant several new trees, such as Canary Island pines, African Tulip trees, flowering red coal gum trees and other species.—Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2023 Even the surrounding gum trees seemed in on the secret; the usual rustle of their leaves absent in the stillness.—Sandra L. Rostirolla, Good Housekeeping, 5 Apr. 2023 Mom can text you while replanting the gum tree.—Mark Stock, Men's Health, 17 Dec. 2022 Goats also love to climb, and can reach up more than 6 feet by standing on their hind legs to eat tasty gum tree leaves or even pull over entire saplings.—Alice Uribe, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022 One man was flung high into a massive gum tree and remained there until rescue arrived.—New York Times, 23 June 2021 An Australian student shared a gum tree blooming after the wildfires there.—Daniel Mason, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2020
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