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Kauai 



Kalaheo. Elevation 900 to 1,000 feet. The trees are making 

 excellent growth. Trees 3 years old are 25 feet high. 



E. robusta, Smith. Swamp mahogany. 

 Maui 



Makawao. Elevation 2,500 to 3,000 feet. The tree grows 

 well but is hard to start in the nursery at this elevation. 

 At an elevation of 3,000 feet seedlings came up 

 naturally on a very poor, rocky soil. 



At an elevation of 2,400 feet trees 5 years old are 

 2 to 6 inches in diameter and 15 to 20 feet high. 

 Oahu 



Wahiawa. At an elevation of 1,000 feet roadside trees 5 

 to 6 years old are 50 feet high and 7 to 9 inches in 

 diameter. 

 Waipio. At an elevation of 1,000 feet trees 9 months old 



are 10 feet high. Land fertilized and cultivated. 

 Tantalus. At an elevation of about 1,000 feet trees 25 to 

 30 years old are 15 to 20 inches in diameter and 60 to 

 80 feet high. 

 Hawaii 



Pahala. Elevation 2,000 feet. Trees 2 years old are 3 to 



4 feet high. 

 Kauai 



Kalaheo. Elevation 900 to 1,000 feet. Trees 3 years old 



are 30 feet high and 4 inches in diameter. 

 Lihue. Trees growing in the bottom of a gulch about 500 

 feet elevation, 25 years old, are 16 to 20 inches in di- 

 ameter and 80 to 100 feet high. 



E. rostrata* Schl. Red gum. 

 Maui 



Makawao. Elevation 2,500 to 3,000 feet. Trees do not 

 do well ; probably too windy. 



With elevations of between 2,000 and 3,000 feet, 

 trees make rapid growth. 

 Haiku. Elevations between 500 and 2,000 feet. Trees 



make fairly good growth. 



Wailuku. Elevation 700 feet. Trees on exposed ridge, 

 14 months old, are doing well, but are bent with the 

 wind. 



Ulupalakua. Elevation 2,000 feet. Trees 30 to 40 years 

 old are doing very well. Some of the older trees are 

 dying. 



