Koa Trees Seeing Comeback in Hawaii
By JEANNETTE J. LEE, Associated Press Writer
By JEANNETTE J. LEE, Associated Press Writer
Yellowed grasses cover the lower southern slopes of Mauna Kea where impenetrable koa forests once stood on the Big Island. But Hawaii's largest endemic tree, with its sickle-shaped leaves, has reclaimed some of its former territory over the last two decades.
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