Native and invasive vegetation at Nāpuʻu, Hawaiʻi
Detailed Description
Tropical dry forests are vulnerable to transformations to invasive forest and invasive grassland. Puʻu Waʻawaʻa Forest Reserve and Puʻuanahulu Game Management Area (collectively Nāpuʻu) encompass some of the most intact remaining dry forest in Hawaiʻi.
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Public Domain.
H. Sofaer, USGS PIERC
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