Ahupua'a O Kahana State Park, formerly Kahana Valley State Park, is located on the windward side of Oahu between Kaneohe and Laie. It is Hawaii's only public ahupua'a, and it stretches from the sea to the tip of Pu'u Pauao at 2,670 feet. It has a tropical climate, and it is one of the wettest areas in Oahu, averaging nearly 300 inches per year in parts of the valley. The main purpose of the park is to embrace and teach Hawaiian culture. Oahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English), the Gathering Place, is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous island in the State of Hawaii. ... Kāne‘ohe is a town and census-designated place (CDP) included in the City & County of Honolulu and located in state District of Ko‘olaupoko on the Island of O‘ahu. ... Lā‘ie is a community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Ko‘olauloa District on the Island of O‘ahu, City & County of Honolulu. ... In April of 1990, Daniel K. Akaka became the first native Hawaiian and Chinese American to serve in the United States Congress as a Senator from the State of Hawaii. ...

History

Before Western civilization came to the islands, Kahana had a strong community. It had fresh water, abundant seafood, and a stable supply of taro, which was grown in fields with advanced irrigation systems. However, in the 1800s, with King Kamehameha's unification of Hawaii and the introduction of Europeans, the community fell into steep decline due to foreign diseases, sugar cane cultivation and the military's use of the valley as a WWII jungle warfare training center. Today, only thirty one families live in the valley. For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ... Binomial name Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Taro corms for sale Taro (from Tahitian), more rarely kalo (from Hawaiian), is a tropical plant grown primarily as a vegetable food for its edible corm, and secondarily as a leaf vegetable. ... Events and Trends Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...

Fauna

Kahana State Park supports a wide variety of birds and fish. Hawaii's only freshwater fish, the goby, can be found in the streams of the lower valley. Mullet and milkfish are common in the Huilua Fishpond. Bird species that can be found in the lower valley include black crowned night heron, golden plover, ruddy turnstone, sanderling, wandering tattler, the Hawaiian Coot and the Hawaiian Gallinule. These last two species are endangered. In the upper valley are many native species of songbirds, along with non-native species of mynahs, cardinals, doves and ricebirds. Genera Many, e. ... Mullet has several meanings: Mullet (fish) is a kind of fish. ... Binomial name Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) The milkfish (Chanos chanos) is an important food fish in Southeast Asia. ... Binomial name Nycticorax nycticorax Linnaeus, 1758 The Black_crowned Night Heron (in Europe, often just Night Heron), Nycticorax nycticorax, is a medium_sized heron. ... Genera Arenaria Turnstones are two birds species, the Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), and the Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala). ... Binomial name Calidris alba Pallas, 1764 The Sanderling, Calidris alba is a small wader. ... The word cardinal comes from the Latin cardo for hinge and usually refers to things of fundamental importance, as in cardinal rule or cardinal sins. ... Doves are an English rock band from Manchester, England. ...

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Fauna

The expanse of land in Kahana Valley from the sea to the mountains contains many different vegetation zones. The lowlands consist of koa, hibiscus, shrub, hala, and pastureland. Further up the valley, in the wetter areas, the dominant vegetation consists of mountain apple, guava, ti and bamboo. KOA may mean: Kick Off Association - International association devoted to Dino Dinis games (Kick Off and Player Manager) and organizing annual gathering and international competitions with Kick Off 2 and real Amiga. ... Species See text Hibiscus or Rosemallow is a large genus of about 200-220 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... Species About 100 species, including: Psidium cattleianum - Strawberry Guava Psidium friedrichsthalium - Costa Rica Guava Psidium guajava - Apple Guava Psidium guineense - Guinea Guava Psidium littorale - Cattley Guava Psidium montanum - Mountain Guava Guava (from Spanish Guayaba; Goiaba in Portuguese) is a genus of about 100 species of tropical shrubs and small trees... TI may stand for: Texas Instruments Ticino, a canton in Switzerland Titanium, chemical symbol Ti Transparency International Additionally, Ti may mean: Ti, a Polynesian plant, Cordyline fruticosa one of the notes in the solfege scale A popular Atlantan rapper http://en. ... Diversity Around 91 genera and 1,000 species Subtribes Arthrostylidiinae Arundinariinae Bambusinae Chusqueinae Guaduinae Melocanninae Nastinae Racemobambodinae Shibataeinae See the full Taxonomy of the Bambuseae. ...

Activities

Hiking

There are two hiking trails in the valley, both of which do not require permits and are suitable for whole families. The first is Kapa'ele'ele Ko'a and Keaniani Lookout Trail. It is a mile long loop that takes a decent hiker roughly an hour. The second is Nakoa Trail which is named so for numerous koa trees found along this 2.5 mile long trail through tropical rainforest. Hikers on this trail can swim in the Kahana stream, which is traversed twice. The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia. ...

Camping and Hunting

There are ten campsites located on the beach which can be used by permit only. Hunting is also permitted within designated boundaries on weekends and holidays only, and by permit only. A hunter on horseback shoots at deer or elk with a bow. ...

See also

• List of Hawaiian state parks