Show I l udor's Ily loo Own Gum Visitors to Quito Quit D in Ecuador's un- un forested Sierra or central mountainous mountain mountain- I ous region are Impressed with the prominence of a single tree species species- the Tasmanian blue eucalyptus or blue blus gum Introduced in 1865 from Tasmania Australia this tree has become thoroughly adapted In plantations plan on the densely populated Andean Andean Andean An An- dean highlands or plateaus where the native vegetation including the original forests was removed long ago |