Areas suitable for cultivation of eucalypt species showing some tolerance to winter cold and able to resist drought. Species originating in arid sclerophyl open forests or barelands and deserts of western New South Wales, northern Southern Australia and southern and southeastern West Australia can do well. Normally a careful choice of species and further selection of seed provenances is needed for species with wide distribution areas to improve performance in areas with winters subject to common freezing events. E. camaldulensis is chosen as index species for its long term cultivation in the Mediterranean Basin in very variable conditions of soil, water availability and winter restrictions, from Morocco to Middle East and from Southwestern Iberia to Cyprus across the Spanish coast, Balearic Islands, le Côte d'Azur, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, mainland Italy, the Adriatic coast, the Aegean islands and mainland Greece. |