Rising Tide Images
Pu'ukawipo'o
Climbing above the canopy dominated by ‘ōhi’a and koa trees with a richly diverse understory, the ridge trail undulates to the top of the Ko’olau range. In areas where landslides and slope failures have occurred, uluhe fern, the “scar healer”, is the first settler on exposed soil. The cloudless prominence in the midground before the intersecting range is Pu’ukawipo’o. Rain from the almost constant orographic cumulus over the peaks recharges the island aquifers.
Pu'ukawipo'o
Climbing above the canopy dominated by ‘ōhi’a and koa trees with a richly diverse understory, the ridge trail undulates to the top of the Ko’olau range. In areas where landslides and slope failures have occurred, uluhe fern, the “scar healer”, is the first settler on exposed soil. The cloudless prominence in the midground before the intersecting range is Pu’ukawipo’o. Rain from the almost constant orographic cumulus over the peaks recharges the island aquifers.