This tree has an enormous ability to draw in the water around it.
Inspite of its value to the vast swampy areas of Florida, environmentalists have waged a campaign against its planting.
Florida is kind of like that with people, as well. Although everyone is a transplant from somewhere else, there is a sense of ownership entitlement by those who have been here for three or four generations.
Like those who settled here so long ago, and those who are coming these days, the eucalyptus tree in Florida promises to be around for a long time.
Some campaigns - like "native trees only"or mindsets about belonging only if rooted in several generations here - are just not going to survive.
We all belong where we are and have the right to live purposefully right here and now.
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