The Multiresource Forest Inventory for Kauai, Hawaii

Portland

1988

35 S.

15 Abb., 12 Tab., 12 Lit. Ang.

Bandaufführung

6468

56169

The island of Kauai, Hawaii, comprises over 347,000 acres, of which an estimated 188,500 are forested; 37,200 acres are classified as timberland, 71,400 acres as other forest land, and 79,900 acres as pali land. The two dominant forest types on the island are the native 'ohi'a and the naturalized silk-oak. An estimated 42.7 million cubic feet of total tree volume is on timberland and 24.2 million cubic feet is on other forest land. Slight surface erosion was recorded on one-fourth of the forest sample plots. Nineteen bird species were seen or heard; the ratio of introduced to native birds was 2:1.