Accession Number:

ADA280773

Title:

The Plants of Kaho'olawe

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB (ARMY) CHAMPAIGN IL

Personal Author(s):

• Warren, Steven D.
• Aschmann, Stefanie G.
• Herbst, Derral R.

Report Date:

1994-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

35.0

Abstract:

For at least two centuries prior to World War II, the Hawaiian island of Kahoolawe suffered the ravages of periodic wildfires, slash-and-burn agriculture, and sever overgrazing, leaving the island almost barren of vegetation. With the entry of the United States into World War II, Kahoolawe, then part of the U.S. Territory of Hawaii, became a focal point for military training in the South Pacific. In 1953 the uninhabited island was placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Navy. Today, legislation is in progress to return the island to the State of Hawaii. From 1987 to 1993, the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories USACERL worked with the U.S. Navy to develop a cost-effective land rehabilitation prescription for Kahoolawe. As part of that effort, a study was undertaken to determine, as nearly as possible, the original plant species of the island. This report, containing former and extant plant species, is the product of that study. The list of plant species will be included in a natural resources data base for use in future land rehabilitation projects on Kahoolawe.

Descriptors:

• *PLANT GROWTH
• *LAND USE
• *REHABILITATION
• *HAWAII
• EUROPE
• COST EFFECTIVENESS
• GRAZING
• PLANTS(BOTANY)
• MILITARY TRAINING
• SOIL EROSION
• ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
• NATURAL RESOURCES

Subject Categories:

• Biology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE