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Native plant restoration not enough to maintain tropical dry forests in Hawaii. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 07 / 120702134828.htm ...

Probably the first pioneer plants to arrive in Hawaii were mosses and ferns. Ferns have been around for over 360 million ...

Tropical dry forests like the one in the Pohakuloa Training Area are the most widely distributed forest type in Hawaii. But, they are also the most degraded and endangered ecosystems in the Pacific.

In response, the state government launched an initiative in 2011 that aims to protect and revitalize Hawaii’s forests and watersheds. It is called “The Rain Follows The Forest,” after an old Hawaiian ...

The Pohakuloa Training Area is classified as a sub-alpine tropical dry land forest, one of the rarest kinds of ecosystem in the world. Situated between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, PTA is the military ...