Restoration at the Keone site
The Lāna‘i Interns surveyed, cleared, and outplanted in a 10x10 m plot in an abandonded pineapple field on Lāna‘i during the third and fourth weeks of the program. Head-high guinea grass was removed to reveal many native species, including ko‘oloa‘ula (Abutilon menziesii), ‘ilima (Sida fallax), ‘a‘ali‘i (Dodonaea viscosa), and ‘uhaloa (Waltheria indica). The Interns planted native Hawaiian species grown in the shadehouse at the Lāna‘i High and Elementary School that would have originally been found in the lowland dry shrublands of the area prior to agriculture. After planting, watering and mulching, the species susceptible to browsing by deer were surrounded by fencing.
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