07-02-2016, 11:58 AM
untrue about there being 1 type of Ohia, the name 'polymorpha' means 'many forms'.. within Metrosideros polymorpha there are at least a dozen different types of Ohia here in Hawaii... look at the leaves, the shape thickness spacing and the new growth colors, they can be bright red, orange, lime green, gray, fuzzy bottomed, smooth bottom, shinny leaves both sides, dull both sides, very dull small leaves, thick and brittle, thin and soft etc. etc.
an extremely common tree thats been in this chain of islands for over 60 million years will not die off easily. Ohia is the 'weed tree' of the endemic plants here, it can adapt to coastal hot dry no dirt, upland colder wet soggy moss, and everything in between.. it reseeds very easily too....
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
an extremely common tree thats been in this chain of islands for over 60 million years will not die off easily. Ohia is the 'weed tree' of the endemic plants here, it can adapt to coastal hot dry no dirt, upland colder wet soggy moss, and everything in between.. it reseeds very easily too....
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha