Laau Moku'āina o Kaleponi

Ua koho ʻia ka lāʻau ʻulaʻula Kaleponi ka lāʻau ʻulaʻula o Kaleponi e ka ʻAhaʻōlelo Mokuʻāina i ka makahiki 1937. I ka wā i maʻa mau ai ma ka ʻĀpana ʻĀkau, loaʻa nā lāʻau ʻulaʻula ma ka Moana Pākīpika wale nō. Nui nā ululāʻau a me nā kū o nā kumulāʻau kiʻekiʻe e mālama ʻia ma nā mokuʻāina a me nā paka a me nā ululāʻau. ʻElua mau genera o California redwood: the coast redwood (ʻO Sequoia sempervirens) a me ka sequoia nunui (ʻO Sequoiadendron giganteum).

ʻO nā lāʻau ʻulaʻula kahakai nā lāʻau kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua; ʻO kekahi e piʻi ana ma luna o 379 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe e ulu ana ma Redwood National and State Parks.

ʻO hoʻokahi sequoia nunui, ʻo ka General Sherman Tree ma Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, ʻoi aku ma mua o 274 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe a ʻoi aku ma mua o 102 kapuaʻi ke anapuni ma kona kumu; ua manaʻo nui ʻia ʻo ia ka lāʻau nui loa o ka honua i ka nui holoʻokoʻa.