Manoa Cliff Restoration Area

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 Manoa Cliffs - January 17, 2018


I've been hiking for 8 consistent years now. Hiking with a purpose is hard to do. Some people like to get out there, but I need more. I need something specific. 

Looking for native plants seems to be something specific and something I want to do. 

On towards the Manoa Cliffs Trail. They have a restoration area where they outplant many native plants. We would get to see a lot of native plants concentrated in one area. 

Joining the hike today was Darren, Jared, Daniel, Ryan and Kellie. We had Ryan who has done restoration in this area before. He could help us identify many of these plants and take us to areas that we didn't know we could access. 

The hike to the restoration area was longer than I thought. It took a little over 1 hour. It did not disappoint. Lots of mamake trees. Ryan said they released a lot of Kamehameha butterflies in the area. Kamehameha butterflies love to eat mamake. What caught my attention was the Kokio, also known as the Hawaiian Hibiscus. The plant appeared to thrive in this area. 

There was also this rare cyanea which Ryan said was near extinction. I wish I knew more plants. My lack of education seems apparent. But I did learn a lot today. For some reason going back to the trailhead only took us 30 minutes. 

After the hike, we drove down to Manoa Marketplace to eat lunch.  

Kokio

Mamake

Jared at trailhead 2012 and 2018

Halapepe

Olona

Oha Wai

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