The river red gum was crowned as Australia's favourite tree in our live blog. Look back on the final rankings . Before European settlement, these trees lived through boom and bust cycles of flood ...

This is a gum tree’s emergency reboot option. Even when the tree above is falling apart, the lignotuber can rapidly regrow the tree at a rate of 6 metres or more in a year. Roots. The roots of species ...

There is – or was – a culturally modified river red gum, a scar tree, standing in a woodland just north of Shepparton. The tree was several hundred years old, an age that gave it the nooks and ...

An iconic, centuries-old river red gum in Adelaide’s inner south is on the decline, with the community fearing for its health and council investigating.

An iconic, centuries-old river red gum in Adelaide’s inner south is on the decline, with the community fearing for its health and council investigating. An iconic, ...