桉树的生存之道在澳大利亚的原始森林里,桉树的比例越来越高,在澳洲南部,桉树甚至主宰了整个森林。与其他树种相比,桉树的生命力并不顽强,它的根系扎入泥土并不深,枝干生长也很缓慢。但在原始森林里,作为弱者的桉树却能够在万木丛中胜出,着实令人惊讶。植物学家发现,凡是桉树疯长,在所有树木中占据绝对优势的地方,之前都发生过森林火灾。植物学家们把各地区发生过火灾的森林的历史资料调出来进行统计分析时,一个令人惊讶的结果出现了:桉树喜欢火灾, The Eucalyptus’s Way of Living Eucalyptus is growing in Australia’s primeval forests, and in southern Australia eucalyptus even dominates the entire forest. Compared with other species, the vitality of eucalyptus is not tenacious, its roots into the soil is not deep, the growth of branches is also very slow. However, in the virgin forest, eucalyptus as a weak person can win in the woods, which is really surprising. Botanists found that where eucalyptus was soaring and occupying an absolute advantage among all the trees, forest fires preceded it. When botanists transferred the historical data of the forests that had been in fire in different areas for statistical analysis, a surprising result emerged: Eucalyptus loved the fire,