Hawaii — Trees

Hawaii is home to many exotic trees. They grow thick and tall except in areas of "rain shadow" created on the higher islands (and areas where cleared by man, of course). On the Big Island, large swaths of forest can also be destroyed by lava flows.

A convoluted Chinese Banyan tree in the Foster Botanical Gardens [Hawaii] Photo #277AI02 "chinese_banyan" Menu	Gracefull green branches on blue white sky [Hawaii] Photo #277AG02 "tree_bluewhite" Menu
Branches of an African Tulip tree are decorated with their orange flowers and green leaves [Hawaii] Photo #277AK21 "african_tulip" Menu	King Palm trees blanket a hillside (would make a tough jigsaw puzzle!) [Hawaii] Photo #277AH05 "king_palm" Menu
Native Hawaiian man weaves baskets from palm fronds [Hawaii] Photo #277AH18 "palm_weaver" Menu	An enormous Kapok tree in the Foster Botanical Gardens [Hawaii] Photo #277AH36 "kapok_tree" Menu
Hikers at Akaka Falls pass a stand of bamboo [Hawaii] Photo #277AH07 "bamboo_walk" Menu	Waterfall tumbles through African Tulip and King Palm trees on the Hamakua Coast [Hawaii] Photo #277AH19 "hamakua_waterfall" Menu

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