From biology to photography, a tour of the D.T. Fleming Arboretum
offers a view of the past and a window to the future.
Catherine Davenport leads MCC Hawaiian Field Biology class.
Kamehameha Schools, Maui - Digital Photography II Class.
Vision for the Future: To Preserve the Past
To restore Pu`u Mahoe back to a native forest with natives
competing with each other, rather than invasive, alien species...with
upper-, middle- and lower-story dry-land species amongst a carpet
of native grasses and ground covers...a habitat for native birds and
insects...a "vignette" of primitive Hawai`i.
Maggi Moran questions location of rock at the base
of an Alani seedling in the Fleming Arboretum.
Thirty-nine healthy young Alani show promise for
the future of one of the Arboretum's rarest species.
Bob Bangerter photo
`Ohe (Tetraplasandra hawaiensis) from
7,000 Arboretum seeds, will help restore
the Kula Forest Reserve after a 2,300
acre fire in 2007. FOFA is committed to
supplying the ongoing need of native
dry-land forest plants for private and
public out-plantings, and reforestation for
native habitat and watershed restoration.
Kaila Arai holds Arboretum seeds she
helped gather from the rare `Akia
(Wikstroemia elongata) found in
Auwahi. The Arboretum has become a
“Rare Plant Recovery Reserve” for midelevation
dry-land species of Maui.
