PP Presentation
Approximately 10 miles
1 inch = 1mile
Vertical
exaggeration
x3
MAKAI
MAUKA
Crater rim
Koolau Gap
Sea Level - Keanae Peninsula
Vegetation and Rainfall Profile
Keanae Valley - Koolau Gap
Based on discussions with Bob Hobdy, DLNR
Robyn Myers, U.C. Davis, July 1996
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2000 ft
3000 ft
2500 ft
3500 ft
4000 ft
4500 ft
5000 ft
5500 ft
6000 ft
6500 ft
7000 ft
7500 ft
8000 ft
8500 ft
9000 ft
9500 ft
10,000 ft
Coastal Vegetation
pandanus,coconut palms
kamani, milo
Lowland Wet Forest
rose apple, ardisia
Strawberry /Common guava
eucalyptus, melaleuca
hau, ginger, uluhe, kukui
Native Rainforest
closed canopy forest
ohia, koa, uluhe
guava, ginger, hau
treeferns, olapa, sedges
Montane Cloud Forest
Inversion layer
dense tangled ohia,
olapa, ferns and epiphytes
Sub-Alpine
dry tussock grassland
akala berry, ama`u
pukiawe, ohelo,pilo
20-50"
250-75"
300-350"
100-300"
50-100"
Annual Rainfall
(in inches)
Notes:
VEGETATION AND RAINFALL PROFILE DIAGRAM