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Limahuli Garden and Preserve ( acres of garden, of preserve) is a botanical garden
Botanical garden

Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily to categorize and document for scientific purposes. Botanists and horticulturalists tend the flora and maintain the garden's library and herbarium of dried and documented plant material....
 and nature preserve located in Haena, on the wet north shore of Kauai
Kauai

Kauai or Kauai is the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago and the List of islands of the United States by area....
, Hawaii
Hawaii

File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
. It is one of the five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden
National Tropical Botanical Garden

The National Tropical Botanical Garden is a not-for-profit non-governmental institution. It was in the early 1960?s when a group of individuals and organizations united behind the need for a tropical botanical garden on U.S....
.

Limahuli is situated within a highly picturesque tropical valley covering three distinct ecological zones. The Makana Mountain
Makana

Makana is a Hawaiian term meaning "gift from heaven" or reward. It is often used as a person's name or as part of a name.Makana Mountain is located on the northernmost island in the Hawaiian archipelago, Kauai....
 ridge looms behind, and the Limahuli Stream includes an waterfall on its descent from the valley's high end at to sea level just below the garden.






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Limahuli Garden and Preserve ( acres of garden, of preserve) is a botanical garden
Botanical garden

Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily to categorize and document for scientific purposes. Botanists and horticulturalists tend the flora and maintain the garden's library and herbarium of dried and documented plant material....
 and nature preserve located in Haena, on the wet north shore of Kauai
Kauai

Kauai or Kauai is the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago and the List of islands of the United States by area....
, Hawaii
Hawaii

File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
. It is one of the five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden
National Tropical Botanical Garden

The National Tropical Botanical Garden is a not-for-profit non-governmental institution. It was in the early 1960?s when a group of individuals and organizations united behind the need for a tropical botanical garden on U.S....
.

Limahuli is situated within a highly picturesque tropical valley covering three distinct ecological zones. The Makana Mountain
Makana

Makana is a Hawaiian term meaning "gift from heaven" or reward. It is often used as a person's name or as part of a name.Makana Mountain is located on the northernmost island in the Hawaiian archipelago, Kauai....
 ridge looms behind, and the Limahuli Stream includes an waterfall on its descent from the valley's high end at to sea level just below the garden. This area is sometimes known as Bali Hai, the name used for the location in the 1958 film South Pacific
South Pacific (film)

South Pacific is a 1958 in film film adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific , which was based on James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific....
.

The garden currently contains a wide range of native and Polynesia
Polynesia

Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean....
n-introduced plants, including kukui (Aleurites moluccana
Candlenut

The Candlenut , is a flowering plant tree in the Euphorbia Family , Euphorbiaceae, also known as Candleberry, Indian walnut, Kemiri, Varnish tree or Kukui nut tree....
), banana
Banana

File:Banana and cross section.jpgBanana is the common name for a fruit and also the herbaceous plants of the genus Musa which produce this commonly eaten fruit....
, breadfruit
Breadfruit

Breadfruit is a species of Flowering plant tree in the Morus family, Moraceae, that is native to the Malay Peninsula and western Pacific Ocean islands....
, alula (Brighamia insignis
Brighamia insignis

Brighamia insignis is an endangered species of Hawaiian lobelioids in the the Campanula family, Campanulaceae. It is native to the islands of Kauai and Niihau This short-lived perennial species is a member of a unique endemic Hawaiian genus with only one other species....
), Paper Mulberry
Paper Mulberry

The Paper Mulberry is a tree in the family Moraceae, native to eastern Asia. Other names include Halibun, Kalivon, Kozo, and tapa cloth tree....
 (Broussonetia papyrifera), papala (Charpentiera elliptica
Charpentiera elliptica

Charpentiera elliptica is an endangered Charpentiera species found in Kauai, Hawaii....
), ki (Cordyline fruticosa), tumeric (Curcuma domestica), haha (Cyanea hardyi
Cyanea hardyi

Cyanea hardyi is a plant species in the Cyanea genus, family Campanulaceae, within the Hawaiian lobelioids native to the island of Kauai, Hawaii....
), lama (Diospyros
Diospyros

Diospyros is a genus of about 450-500 species of deciduous and evergreen trees. The majority are native to the tropics, with only a few species extending into temperate regions....
 sandwicensis), vegetable fern
Vegetable fern

Vegetable fern is an edible fern found throughout Asia and Oceania. It is probably the most commonly consumed fern, and is quite tasty, giving it the name "vegetable". It is used in many oceanian recipes, and made into salads and stir fry....
 (Diplazium esculentum), ginger
Ginger

Ginger is a spice which is used for cooking and is also consumed whole as a delicacy or medicine. It is the rhizome of the Zingiber, Zingiber officinale....
, hau kuahiwi (Hibiscadelphus distans
Hibiscadelphus distans

Hibiscadelphus distans is one of the world's rarest trees and can only be found on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.H. distans is a shrub or small tree up to 18 feet tall with smooth bark and a rounded crown....
), hibiscus
Hibiscus

Scientific name:Hibiscus rosa-sinensisThe Genus Hibiscus comprises plants also commonly called hibiscus and less widely known as rosemallow....
 including kokio keokeo (Hibiscus waimeae
Hibiscus waimeae

'Hibiscus waimeae', A. Heller, is a Hawaiian gray-barked tree, 6-10 meters tall, with white flowers that fade to pink in the afternoon.Two subspecies are recognized: H....
), kava
Kava

Kava is an ancient crop of the western Pacific. Other names for kava include awa , 'ava , yaqona , and sakau . The word kava is used to refer both to the plant and the beverage produced from its roots....
, koa (Acacia koa), nehe (Lipochaeta succulenta
Lipochaeta succulenta

Lipochaeta succulenta is a plant endemic to all the main Hawaiian islands except Lanai.Lipochaeta succulenta is a perennial, clump-forming subshrub up to 3-4 feet tall with lax, spreading stems that root at the nodes....
), ohia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha
Metrosideros polymorpha

The ohia lehua is a species of Flowering plant evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that is Endemism to the six largest Hawaiian Islands of Hawaii....
), pokulakalaka (Munroidendron racemosum
Munroidendron racemosum

Pokulakalaka , the sole species in the genus Munroidendron, is an extremely rare flowering plant in the ivy family, Araliaceae, that is Endemism to the island of Kauai in Hawaii....
), kului (Nototrichium divaricatum
Nototrichium divaricatum

Nototrichium divaricatum, also known as Na Pali rockwort or kului , is a rare perennial shrub in the Nototrichium genus, native to northwestern Kauai, Hawaii in dry to moist shrublands on north-facing cliffs and ridges....
), hala (Pandanus tectorius
Pandanus tectorius

Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus , occurring from near Port Macquarie in New South Wales to northern Queensland, Australia and Indonesia east through the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean to Hawaii ....
), papala kepau (Pisonia wagneriana
Pisonia wagneriana

P?pala k?pau or Kauai catchbirdtree is a species of Flowering plant tree in the Bougainvillea family, Nyctaginaceae, that is Endemism to Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands....
), plumeria
Plumeria

Plumeria is a small genus of 7-8 species native to tropical and subtropical Americas. The genus consists of mainly deciduous shrubs and trees....
, loulu (Pritchardia limahuliensis
Pritchardia limahuliensis

Pritchardia limahuliensis is a Arecaceae native to Hawaii. It is a rare species, only discovered in 1977 by staff of the National Tropical Botanical Garden in the Limahuli Garden and Preserve, Kauai, Hawaii, where it is now being conserved....
), sugarcane
Sugarcane

Sugarcane is a genus of 6 to 37 species of tall perennial plant Poaceae , native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Old World. They have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar and measure 2 to 6 meters tall....
, taro
Taro

Taro , more rarely kalo , gabi in The Philippines and dalo in Fiji is a tropical plant grown primarily as a root vegetable for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable....
, and iliau (Wilkesia gymnoxiphium
Wilkesia gymnoxiphium

Wilkesia gymnoxiphium , also sometimes called a "green sword" is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, that is Endemism to the island of Kauai in Hawaii....
). It also contains taro terraces
Terrace (agriculture)

In agriculture, a terrace is a leveled section of a hilly cultivated area, designed as a method of soil conservation to slow or prevent the rapid surface runoff of irrigation water....
 (loi kalo) that date back to early Polynesian arrivals on the island.

In 1997 Limahuli Garden was selected by the American Horticultural Society
American Horticultural Society

The American Horticultural Society is a nonprofit organization that promotes excellence in American horticulture.Established in 1922, the AHS is one of the oldest national gardening organizations in the country....
 as the best natural botanical garden in the United States. In 2007, it received the top "Keep It Hawaii" award from the Hawaii Tourism Authority for its support of the Hawaiian culture, protection and development of Hawaiian knowledge by preservation of natural resources through research, hands-on work, educational opportunities, and a devout passion for all things Hawaiian.

Limahuli Garden is open to . An admission fee is charged. The preserve is not open to the public.

See also


See also

  • National Tropical Botanical Garden
    National Tropical Botanical Garden

    The National Tropical Botanical Garden is a not-for-profit non-governmental institution. It was in the early 1960?s when a group of individuals and organizations united behind the need for a tropical botanical garden on U.S....
  • McBryde Garden
    McBryde Garden

    is a botanical garden located on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii. It is one of five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden ....
  • Allerton Garden
    Allerton Garden

    Allerton Garden , also known as Lawai-kai, is a botanical garden located on the south shore of Kauai, Hawaii. The garden is situated beside the Lawai Bay, in a valley transected by the Lawai Stream....
  • Kahanu Garden
    Kahanu Garden

    Kahanu Garden is a botanical garden located on the Hana Highway near Hana, Hawaii, Maui, Hawaii. It is one of five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden....
  • The Kampong
    The Kampong

    The Kampong is an 11-acre tropical garden in Coconut Grove, Florida, an area of the city of Miami, Florida, United States. It is one of the five gardens of the non-profit National Tropical Botanical Garden ....
  • List of botanical gardens in the United States
    List of botanical gardens in the United States

    This list of botanical gardens in the United States is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States of America....


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