Ohia trees are dying rapidly, Why?

[aunty]

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Originally posted by gypsy69

This article shares some insight on this devastating ROD outbreak.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2060691/wh...aiis-trees


If we lose the Ohia Trees from the only rain forest in America would the forest still be known as a rain forest?

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Read all the way to the end of the article you post a link to ??

Last month, in hunting for the source of the fungus, Keith and her colleagues identified what they think may be its origin in Hawaii. The pathologists have found strains of the deadly fungus in a South American species of ornamental vine—the kind you'd install in your garden to give it that "tropical" feel—imported and sold in nurseries on the Big Island. It's just another plant humans have brought to the Aloha State, Hughes says. “We’ve been playing Russian Roulette with our ecosystem for decades, if not centuries,” he says.

“In terms of blame," Hughes says, "we are to blame, unfortunately.”

Got vines in your yard ???