Albizia nostalgia

[Peter Easterling]

Who is behind denuding the aina of our gracious, towering albizia trees? The tunnel of lacey branches on the road towards Pohoiki was inspirational and a visitor favorite. The forest destruction must stop. Is everybody on board with this?

[leilanidude]

Trees that can kill? Trees that harm the native forests? Not a fan of them.

[Chunkster]

OK, I'm going to try not to be harsh here, but are you joking? Trying to provoke discussion through sarcasm? Albizias are a dangerous invasive species which happen to be aesthetically pleasing from a purely visual perspective. They crowd out native species, present tremendous safety issues due to their tendency to easily topple or drop large branches, cause lengthy power outages during and after storms, and are aggressive in both speed of growth and propagation. It is the albizias, with the help of a fungus, that are destroying the native forest. Please tell me that you aren't serious.

[Obie]

http://www.biisc.org/wp-content/uploads/...e-Puna.pdf

http://www.biisc.org/

[Kapoho Joe]

quote:

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Originally posted by Peter Easterling

Who is behind denuding the aina of our gracious, towering albizia trees? The tunnel of lacey branches on the road towards Pohoiki was inspirational and a visitor favorite. The forest destruction must stop. Is everybody on board with this?

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Wrong, wrong, wrong.

What part of dangerous invasive don't you understand? You must not have been here for Iselle, or you would be singing a different tune Peter.

[MarkP]

Iselle took out the tree tunnel. Take it up with mother nature.

[PaulW]

I like the look of them too but after Iselle I want every single one taken down.

[PrismaticMenehune]

I am not onboard, but it doesn't look like there's any stopping the BIISC. Hopefully someone is verifying that those giant albizia snags don't contribute to the flourishing of the ambrosia beetles that are presumably spreading the ROD fungus (http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-ne...hia-fungus).

The tree tunnel would probably be back on its way to regenerating by now if so many of the large trees hadn't been cut down after Iselle. Now with the Milestone treatments, the tunnel is not coming back. Just have to accept it. Glad I don't have to drive into Leilani Estates every day, though; it looks like a wasteland down there.

#firstworldproblems

[Carey]

UMM...Peter, are you talking about Pohoiki Rd, AKA Mango Rd????
Have you not been on it since Iselle? Much of the clearing happened during the storm & cleanup (I know, as I was doing shoreline cleanup after for the county & the first time I went down Mango Rd after Iselle, I was shocked, as it was so light, I had never realized the papaya fields were RIGHT THERE & even the papaya had taken a huge beating)
There has been some cutback recently, but nowhere near the amount of tree clearing that Iselle accomplished (and most likely the recent clearing has been in preparation for our summer hurricane storm season, which is just a month away...)
Even if you are talking about another lower rd near Pohoiki, most likely it is hurricane inspired clearing... and if it is the clearing in Isaac Hale shoreline done a few years ago... well that is not even albezia...

[Peter Easterling]

Sorry guys. A misguided attempt at humor or something. I miss he aesthetic beauty but am very happy to see sustained efforts to address these dangerous trees. Before Iselle it seemed we had accepted albizia trees. Now I believe we can control, if not eradicate them.