Certain toilet paper, tissue and office paper brands are made with materials from eucalyptus trees, a non-native species to Portugal. The eucalyptus globulus — also known as the Tasmanian blue ...

By the 19 th century there was almost no native woodland left in Portugal and, in 1866, some 35,000 eucalypts were planted around Coimbra in an effort to control devastating erosion. The thinking also ...

The geographical distribution of acacia species in mainland Portugal is varied. Most species of the genus can be found in coastal regions. Coastal dune systems, cliffs or transition zones, such as ...

Eucalyptus trees and non-native grasses are also helping massive wildfires spread in places like Portugal and Chile. Finding ways to control these species would be critical to preventing extensive ...