Tree in coastal Southern California

[yerluvinuncle]

What kind of tree is this?

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[orange_fell]

Some kind of eucalyptus

[dark_phoenix54]

Any chance of a closer look at the leaves? The bark, and what I can tell of the leaf shape, looks like eucalyptus, but I've never seen one with that spreading canopy- I remember them mostly as upright trees.

[reynardo]

[drhoz]

Ghost gum, one of Australia's more iconic eucalypts

[madgechan]

How the heck did a eucalyptus tree get to California? But fair-dinkum that's the what it is, mate.

[drhoz]

Eucalypts, especially blue gums, were deliberately planted across California as fast-growing timber. They've done so well they've had to introduce Australian insects to try and get rid of them again.

[resided]

We have tons here in CA!