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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Dry forest plants

The endangered Halapepe (Pleomele hawaiiensis) looks kind of like a truffula tree...

Fruiting Ulei (Osteomeles anthyllidifolia). It's fun to say. Try it!

Monday, August 29, 2011

Beautiful dry forest mural

This is some of the best artwork on Hawaiian dry forest plants I have ever seen...all done by kids! See their signatures in the last picture.

Pictures by Susan Cordell of the USDA Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.

Monday, August 8, 2011

Things were looking extremely dry at the dry forest this month. I saw this last summer too, but didn't get pictures of it then. I wonder if the species wilt every summer, or only during drought years like this year and last?

Alahe'e (Psydrax odorata) looking pretty dry and wilted.

The new growth on lama (Diospyros sandwicensis) also looked wilted.

Mamane (Sophora chrysophylla) leaflets has turned brown.

This is an adult iliahi (Sandalwood; Santalum paniculatum) tree with wilted leaves.

I guess I was feeling pretty wilted by the end of it. It was a really hot day...but I got my seeds!.

Leila Kekuewa, however, still managed to look cool.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Preparing plant specimens

Excellent Olapa specimen (Cheirodendron trigynum)...fruits, flowers, and everything.

A whole table of lovely native plant specimens from the Hawaiian forest.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Field trip with IPIF staff

Jean Stoner, Rick Bottons, Faith and Pam Holton enter the forest.

Tailgate safety session. Rule #1. Don't get hurt!

Pam Holton in her pink boots. Menehune watch out!

The finer points of pressing plants with Rick Bottoms.

These are the outbuildings of the new Forest Service house at Laupahoehoe.

Here's the main house...can't wait until it's ready for visiting researchers.

After a hard day in the field we get pie and sodas at the 50's diner in Laupahoehoe town. From left: Jean Stoner, Holli Tidwell, Faith Inman-Narahari, Pam Holton and Rick Bottoms.