Decline of ohia lehua forests in Hawaii

Author:

Burgan, Robert E., Nelson, Robert E., Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley Calif.),

Title:

Decline of ohia lehua forests in Hawaii

Periodical:

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-3

Year:

1972

Pages:

4 p.

Subject:

Ohia-lehua Ohia dieback Hawaii Island Metrosideros collina Forests and forestry

Summary:

Thousands of acres of ohia lehua (Metrosideros collina) forests on the island of Hawaii have died, and tree death is progressing rapidly into healthy forests. Most of the losses are on State-owned lands. Some of the earlier decline was attributed to frost and sulphur dioxide. But other factors, including possibly the shoestring root-rot (Armillaria mellea), are responsible for the current losses. Federal and State agencies are seeking to determine the main causes of the decline and what control measures are feasible.

URL:

http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/25213

Collection:

Monographs