The Multiresource Forest Inventory for Oahu, Hawaii

Portland

1988

35 S.

15 Abb., 12 Tab., 13 Lit. Ang.

Bandaufführung

6468

56181

The island of Oahu, Hawaii, comprises over 370,000 acres, of which an estimated 134,300 are forested; 27,400 acres are classified as timberland, 70,700 acres as other forest land, and 36,200 acres as pali land. The two dominant forest types on the island are the native 'ohi'a and koa species. An estimated 31 million cubic feet of total tree volume is on timberland and 40 million cubic feet is on other forest land. Slight surface erosion was recorded on one-fourth of the forest sample plots. Twenty-two bird species were seen or heard; the ratio of introduced birds to native birds was 16:1. Areas of intact native forest exist, but they are threatened by the spread of introduced plants.