03/03/20-RAPID ʻŌHIʻA DEATH DETECTED IN FIFTH TREE ON O‘AHU

Posted on Mar 3, 2020 in Closure: Trail, Forestry & Wildlife, Invasive Species, Main, Media, News Releases, slider, Trail

(Honolulu) – Despite O‘ahu having the state’s highest population, the island has largely been spared from a wide-spread outbreak of the fungal disease known as Rapid ʻŌhiʻaDeath.  With the detection last week of a single tree with the less virulent strain of the fungus, C. huliohia, only five ōhiʻa trees on O‘ahu have been identified as having the disease.