Apparently grows very tall, I saw adults a hundred feet tall with tiny silver leaves growing on small branches sporadically on the trunk.

“Calijito” in quechua is what a local told me.

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    5 months ago

    Peruvian here, not saying the id is correct, but commenting that Eucalyptus were brought to South America from Australia over a century ago and now are so common that many don’t realize is an imported species

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      5 months ago

      the leaves suspiciously look like eucalytpus in the background if you zoom up, but could be the angle of the elaves.