Comments on: Rainbow Eucalyptus Tree, Maui – How to find Maui’s Rainbow Trees! https://yourusacityguide.com/rainbow-eucalyptus-tree-maui-how-to-find-mauis-rainbow-trees Your Guide to getting the best from your USA City Adventures Fri, 30 Jul 2021 18:04:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.6 By: Steve https://yourusacityguide.com/rainbow-eucalyptus-tree-maui-how-to-find-mauis-rainbow-trees#comment-1350 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 08:56:21 +0000 https://yourusacityguide.com/?p=9062#comment-1350 In reply to Gary Williams.

Very interesting, You are right the way the bark peels is very similar and you would think they are somewhat related but they are miles apart, a whole other family of plants! Although the Rainbow Eucalyptus hails from Southeast Aisa and the Arbutus North America, you would still expect a closer relation!

The Arbutus Bark is more papery, and there are far more tones to Rainbows bark but it is a very similar shedding process!

Thanks for pointing this out, we hadn’t heard of the Arbutus before.

Steve

]]> By: Gary Williams https://yourusacityguide.com/rainbow-eucalyptus-tree-maui-how-to-find-mauis-rainbow-trees#comment-1349 Sun, 09 Aug 2020 23:59:19 +0000 https://yourusacityguide.com/?p=9062#comment-1349 Reminds me a great deal of the Arbutus or Pacific Madrone tree found back on the Pacific coast of N. America. It has orange-brown bark that peels in long strips as well. Madrone (or “Arbutus” as we call it up here in B.C.) is also considered an exceptionally beautiful tree and is used extensively in landscaping despite being an indigenous species. One would think the two species to be closely related. However that doesn’t appear to be the case.

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