08-13-2015, 08:51 AM
I came late to this thread - there were already 4 pages.
There is an ohia in Kaohe Homesteads with an 11 ft circumference and an io nest on top. It is protected under the County Exceptional Tree Ordinance, and the size was documented. It is the big mama tree in a kipuka surrounded by ohia that are 8 ft. circumference. They were measured more than 5 years ago, so they are probably bigger now.The entire kipuka, which sits on high ground, was spared the clearing for sugar cane back in the latter half of the 19th century, so these trees are well over 100 years old.
There is an ohia in Kaohe Homesteads with an 11 ft circumference and an io nest on top. It is protected under the County Exceptional Tree Ordinance, and the size was documented. It is the big mama tree in a kipuka surrounded by ohia that are 8 ft. circumference. They were measured more than 5 years ago, so they are probably bigger now.The entire kipuka, which sits on high ground, was spared the clearing for sugar cane back in the latter half of the 19th century, so these trees are well over 100 years old.