Kealia trail plants part 1

I hike the Kealia trail on the North shore of Oahu, through what must be Hawaiian tropical dry forest habitat. It's a fantastic trail and there were a surprising number of native indigenous and endemic species I found on this hike, which I was not anticipating at all. This is a part one and there will be a part 2 soon (hopefully soon). I've never tried this before but I want to see how it works. Filmed August 24th, 2024
Species featured:
Leuceana leucocephala, Haole Koa
Urochloa mutica/ Megathyrus maximus, California grass/ Para grass/ Guinea Grass
Neonotonia wightii, Perennial Soybean
Sapindus oahuensis, Oahu Soapberry/ Aulu
Morinda citrifolia, Noni or Indian Mulberry
Erythrina sandwicensis, Wiliwili
Schinus terebinthifolia, Brazilian Peppertree
Dodonaea viscosa, Hopbush or ‘A’ali’i
Grevillea robusta, Silky Oak
Casuarina equisetifolia, Coast-She Oak or Ironwood
Waltheria indica,

[@callmeishmael3031]

Thanks for this video. The weeds I'm constantly having to deal with on my property at the back of Manoa Valley are haole koa, maile pilau, sleeping grass, Kostor's Curse, juniper berry, asparagus grass, silky oak, wedelia, albizia, macaranga, palm grass, formosan koa, and probably some others that don't come to mind at the moment. There are no naturally growing endemic species of anything (flora or fauna) on my property that I am aware of, but I've been planting a lot of endemic plants, mostly due to the efforts of Hui Ku Maoli Ola making endemic plants available. I've let the wedelia grow because it makes a good ground cover smothering out a lot of the other weeds and has nice deep green leaves and yellow flowers. It was a somewhat recent invader but grows very quickly. I use a lot of monstera to drown out weeds, too. I've got a coral tree that's in the same family as the wiliwili, I believe, and it gets hit with the gall wasp regularly about once a year, but survives fine, due to the other wasp, no doubt. I'm at the 500ft. level, so I suppose that has a lot to do with it surviving the first gall wasp infestations.

[@Ashitaka-gx2od]

Hello! I'm so glad to hear this, Hawaii (and everywhere else for that matter) needs more people interested in planting native species, and who understand invasives are an issue. I've got some more videos coming up if you are interested as well, one of which is going up the Wilhelmina ridge trail (which I guess is now called Mau'umae ridge?)
Interestingly there is another parasite of the Erythrina Gall Wasp the Invasive Species Council is planning on releasing, hopefully it can further whittle down the threat they pose to the Wiliwili.