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The 5 acre Lundkvist Palm Garden is located next to one of the remaining areas of lowland Hawaiian rainforest. For the purpose of starting up the palm nursery, the adjacent land was leased as of May 2005, and a few areas were cleared. Most of the forest has been left intact, with a vegetation of primarily tall, native, Metrosideros polymorpha ("ohi'a") trees and numerous Hawaiian Tree Ferns, as well as several other native Hawaiian trees. The photos below will show some of the areas that have been cleared, as well as some of the foot-trails that have been built through the forest. |
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Building a new foot trail in the forest
April 2006 |
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Trails through the Rainforest |
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May 2006
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August 2006 |
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Rainforest & ohi'a trees
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New cinder roads through the forest
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Newly cleared area with red cinder for new foot trails |
June 2006 |
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Hawaiian rainforest with native Cibotium glaucum (Hapu'u) tree |
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Wild Orchid
April 2006 |
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Bird's Nest Fern
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Hawaiian rainforest with native Meterosideros polymorpha (ohi'a) trees
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Dead Meterosideros polymorpha
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Freycinetia arboria
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Tetraplassandra hawaiiensis
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Cibotium glaucum |
An impressive tree that is native to the island of Hawai'i |
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Uluhe fern in the foreground with Tibouchina in center and Metrosideros polymorpha (ohi'a) trees in the background
June 2006
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Metrosideros polymorpha trees with climbing Allamanda vine (yellow flowers) and a Clinostigma samoense June 2006 |
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Metrosideros polymorpha (ohi'a) trees, with Allamanda vine, a few Clinostigma samoense and Hawaiian tree ferns |
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Metrosideros polymorpha (ohi'a) trees, with Allamanda vine, a few Clinostigma samoense and Hawaiian tree ferns |
July 2006 |
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July 2006 |
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Area that recently has been cleared. Forest will remain exactly the way it is, and palm trees will be planted along the periphery. July 2006 |
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| Area that's recently been cleared and will eventually be planted out with palms. Taller trees, Metrosideros polymorpha (ohi'a), will remain. |
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Metrosideros polymorpha with Hawaiian tree ferns
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Hawaiian tree ferns
Hawaiian tree ferns with a large Strawberry guava tree |
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Flower of invasive Tibouchina plant August 2006 |
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Moss and epiphytes on a Metrosideros polymorpha (Ohi'a) tree
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January 2007
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One of the trails entering the rainforest |
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