Report of experimental forest planting at high altitudes of Maui and Hawaii

Author:

Kraebel, C.J.

Title:

Report of experimental forest planting at high altitudes of Maui and Hawaii

Periodical:

Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist

Year:

1922

Volume:

19

Pages:

151-158

Subject:

Forests and forestry Forest ecology Mauna Kea Haleakala

Summary:

This document is in regard to an experimental forest planting that was done at the 10,032-foot level of Haleakala on Maui and at the 13,825-foot level of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii. This experiment was done cooperatively by the Territorial Division of Forestry and the Federal Forest Service in June 1909. It was concluded with the last sowing of seeds and the last planting of seedlings in August 1911. The purpose of the experiment was to introduce into the forest flora of the timber trees from the temperate zone in the Territory of Hawaii. It was the hope that successful timber production would bring economic value to the upper slopes of the these two mountains as set forth in the working plan prepared by Mr. Ralph S. Hosmer, who was then the Superintendent of Forestry. The plantings were made in areas that had no forest growth and were not useful for any form of agriculture, including grazing. As a result, it was hoped that extensive plantings would show what species would thrive under certain conditions that would eventually produce commercially-valuable timber. Listed in this document are the sources of seeds and the species of plants that were used in the experiment, the plots that were laid out in each location, as well as the results that were obtained from this experiment.

Label:

Ecology

URL:

http://books.google.com/books?id=F2whAQAAIAAJ

Collection:

Periodicals