ʻO nā lāʻau paʻa, i kapa ʻia hoʻi nā lāʻau lau ākea, no ka hui o nā angiosperms, ʻo ia nā mea kanu e hoʻopili ai i nā ovule no ka mālama ʻana i nā hua. Ke hoʻohāinu pono ʻia a hāʻawi ʻia paha me kahi hui ʻana o nā kumulāʻau kūikawā i nā wahi kūpono, hoʻololi kēia mau ovule i ʻanoʻano. ʻO kēia mau ʻanoʻano, e like me nā acorns, nati, samaras, drupes, a me nā pods, hāʻule hope mai nā kumu lāʻau. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e kūkākūkā mākou i kekahi mau lāʻau paʻa maʻamau a pehea e ʻike ai iā lākou.
ʻO nā lāʻau lāʻau paʻa ka maʻamau a loaʻa nā lau maʻalahi a hui pū paha. Hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā lau maʻalahi e like me ka lobed a i ʻole unlobed, me ka hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia. No ka laʻana, ʻo nā magnolias he lau lau ʻulaʻula, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, aʻo nā lāʻau elm he mau ʻaoʻao serrated.
ʻO kekahi kumu lāʻau paʻa ʻo ʻAmelika ʻĀkau ka ʻulaʻula. ʻIke ʻia e kona ʻano lau oval a me ka ʻili ʻulaʻula-ʻulaʻula, hiki ke piʻi i ke kiʻekiʻe a hiki i 100 kapuaʻi. Aia ka nui ma ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kanada, ua manaʻo ʻia ka ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula kekahi o nā lāʻau maʻamau ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika.
Hoʻohālikelike i ka lāʻau paʻa a me ka lāʻau palupalu
Ke kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i ka lāʻau, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokaʻawale iā ia i ʻelua ʻano nui: ka lāʻau paʻa a me ka lāʻau palupalu. Aia ka ʻokoʻa i ke ʻano a me ka paʻa o ka lāʻau i hua mai ka lāʻau. ʻO ka lāʻau paʻa maʻamau mai nā lāʻau e like me ka elm a i ʻole ka maple, nā mea ʻala a hoʻokahe i ko lākou mau lau i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, loaʻa ka lāʻau palupalu mai nā kumu conifer a i ʻole nā lāʻau evergreen, e like me ka pine a i ʻole spruce.
ʻO kekahi ʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ka ulu mālie ʻana o nā kumulāʻau paʻakikī e like me nā kumu lāʻau palupalu. Hāʻawi kēia ulu lohi i ka lāʻau paʻakikī a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī. Ma nā ʻōlelo maʻalahi, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka lāʻau paʻakikī no ka mea e lawe ana nā lāʻau i ko lākou manawa e ulu ai. No laila, i ka wā e koho ai i ka lāʻau no nā kumu like ʻole, ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ʻano o ka lāʻau paʻa a me ka palupalu hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo kūpono e pili ana i nā ʻano kikoʻī i hāʻawi ʻia e kēlā me kēia ʻano.
18 Nā lāʻau paʻa maʻamau a pehea e ʻike ai
He ʻokoʻa nā lāʻau lāʻau paʻa me nā lāʻau palupalu. Nui nā ʻano lāʻau lāʻau paʻa, a maʻa mau kekahi ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. ʻO nā laʻana he ʻoka, maple, hickory, birch, beech, a me ka cherry.
ʻO nā ululāʻau deciduous kahi e nalowale ai ka nui o nā lāʻau i ka wā ulu mau. Loaʻa kēia mau ululāʻau ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ma nā wahi mahana a me nā wahi anuanu.
ʻO nā kumulāʻau e like me nā ʻoka, nā maple, a me nā elms he deciduous. Hāʻule lākou i nā lau i ka hāʻule a ulu hou i nā lau hou i ka pūnāwai.
Ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi mau lāʻau paʻa maʻamau, aia ma lalo kekahi o lākou a pehea ʻoe e ʻike ai iā lākou.
1. Laau Beech
ʻIke ʻia nā kumu lāʻau beech, ʻike ʻia ʻo Fagus i ko lākou ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻeleʻele, lau lōʻihi a me ka ʻili hina hina. Hāʻawi kēia mau lāʻau i nā hua ʻeleʻele mai Sepatemaba a ʻOkakopa, kahi e huki ai i nā ʻano mammals liʻiliʻi a me nā manu.
He mau hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa nā lāʻau beech e maʻalahi ke ʻike. E nānā i ko lākou mau lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo lōʻihi a ʻeleʻele a me ka ʻili ʻeleʻele a hina o waho o ke kumu lāʻau. Ma waena o Kepakemapa a me ʻOkakopa, hoʻopuka kēia mau lāʻau i nā hua ʻeleʻele e huki ana i nā mea momona liʻiliʻi a me nā ʻano manu like ʻole.
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2. Laau Laau Basswood
Hiki i ka Basswoods, i kapa ʻia ʻo Tilia, ke kiʻekiʻe o 80 kapuaʻi a mohala me nā pua melemele i ke kauwela, a loaʻa iā lākou nā inoa meli a i ʻole lāʻau pi. ʻIke ʻia e ko lākou mau lei aliʻi nui, oval, a i ʻole pyramid-like, kaulana kēia mau lāʻau no ko lākou mau hiʻohiʻona. ʻO ka inoa inoa kumulāʻau meli a i ʻole ka nalo mai kā lākou kuleana ma ke ʻano he kumu nui o nectar no ka nalo meli.
I ke kauwela, hoʻohui nā pua melemele ʻoliʻoli i kahi paʻi kala i ko lākou puni. Me ko lākou kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a me nā lei aliʻi ʻokoʻa, hāʻawi nā basswoods ʻaʻole wale i ka ʻāina akā he hana koʻikoʻi hoʻi i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā pollinators kūloko. ʻO ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona o kēia mau lāʻau e hāʻawi i ka ʻike i ko lākou koʻikoʻi kaiaola a me nā hāʻawi kūʻokoʻa i ke kaiapuni.
3. Walnut ʻeleʻele
ʻO ka wōnati ʻeleʻele, kahi lāʻau hoʻoheheʻe lau e hiki ke ulu a hiki i 130 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻike pinepine ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao waena-hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻIke ʻia e kona mau lau serrated a me ka ʻili ʻeleʻele i ka wā e moe ai, ʻo ka wōnati ʻeleʻele he lāʻau deciduous.
Hāʻule nā lau i ka wā hāʻule. Ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua ʻike ʻia kēia ʻano lāʻau ma ka ʻepekema ʻo Juglans nigra. He ʻeleʻele nā ʻaoʻao o nā lau, a ʻeleʻele ka ʻili i ka wā e ulu ʻole ana ka lāʻau. Hoʻopili kēia wehewehe i nā hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi o ka wōnati ʻeleʻele, e hōʻike ana i kona nui, wahi, a me nā ʻano kino ʻokoʻa.
4. Laau Lehu
ʻO ka lāʻau lehu ulu, i ʻike ʻia ma ka ʻepekema ʻo Fraxinus, maʻa mau nā lau i hui pū ʻia, a ʻo kona ʻili he hina-ʻeleʻele a kuapo.
ʻO nā ʻano lāʻau lehu ʻelua i pālahalaha nui ʻia he lehu ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka lehu keʻokeʻo. ʻIke pinepine ʻia kēia mau lāʻau ma nā ʻaoʻao hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me kekahi mau wahi o Kanada.
5. Laau Hickory
No ka ʻohana Carya nā lāʻau Hickory a hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ʻekolu mau ʻano nui: shagbark, puaʻa, a me nā lāʻau pecan. Kū i waho nā kumu lāʻau Shagbark me ko lākou ʻili hina hina. ʻIke ʻia nā kumulāʻau puaʻa e ko lākou mau hua ʻawaʻawa, ʻano ʻano pear, aʻo nā kumu lāʻau pecan e hua mai i nā hua ʻono, cylindrical.
Hāʻawi kēia ʻano like ʻole i loko o ka ʻohana hickory i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa e hoʻokaʻawale i kēlā me kēia ʻano. Hōʻike ʻo Shagbarks i ko lākou ʻili ʻokoʻa, ʻike ʻia nā puaʻa e ko lākou ʻano nati a me ka ʻono, aʻo ka pecans e hoʻopuka i kahi ʻono maikaʻi i loko o kā lākou nati cylindrical. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau ʻokoʻa e kōkua i ka ʻike a me ka mahalo i nā ʻano like ʻole o nā kumulāʻau hickory.
6. Nā lāʻau pulupulu
ʻO nā kumu lāʻau Cottonwood, no ka Populus genus, ua kaulana a hiki ke ʻike maʻalahi. ʻO kekahi hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa ka pulupulu a lākou e hana ai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka lāʻau pulupulu ma ko lākou ʻano triangular a me ka ʻili melemele-'ōmaʻomaʻo, e hoʻololi ʻia i kahi hue hina-ʻeleʻele i ko lākou mau makahiki.
Eia kekahi, hāʻawi kēia mau lāʻau i nā pūʻulu pua catkin. ʻO ka nānā ʻana i ka pulupulu, ʻano triangular, a me ka loli ʻana o ka ʻili he mau ala maʻalahi ia e ʻike ai i ka lāʻau pulupulu i ke ʻano. ʻAʻole wale ko lākou nani i ko lākou helehelena akā i nā hiʻohiʻona kūikawā a lākou e hōʻike ai i ko lākou ulu ʻana.
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7. Laau Birch
ʻO nā lāʻau birch, no ka Betula genus, kū i waho ma muli o ko lākou mau hiʻohiʻona. Hiki ke ʻike maʻalahi ʻia, ʻike ʻia kēia mau lāʻau e ko lākou mau kumu slender a me ka ʻili kū hoʻokahi, e ʻike ʻia ma nā ʻāpana lahilahi me nā laina hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻike ʻia i kapa ʻia he lenticels. Hoʻohui ʻia ke ʻano porous o ka ʻili i kona ʻano hiʻohiʻona.
Loaʻa pinepine ʻia nā lāʻau birch ma nā ʻano kaiapuni a ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole wale no ko lākou hiʻohiʻona ʻike akā no ko lākou koʻikoʻi kaiaola. ʻO ko lākou mau ʻōpala wiwi a me nā lau palupalu i ʻike maka ʻia i nā ululāʻau a me nā ʻāina.
Ma waho aʻe o ko lākou waiwai nani, he kuleana koʻikoʻi nā lāʻau birch i ka kaiaolaola, e hāʻawi ana i kahi noho no nā ʻano like ʻole a hāʻawi i ka nā meaola likeʻole. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi o nā lāʻau birch e hoʻonui i ko mākou mahalo i kēia mau mea kupaianaha o ke ʻano.
8. Na Laau Elm
ʻO nā lāʻau Elm, e like me ka ʻAmelika, ka pōhaku, a me ka elm pahee, ua laha ma ka ʻĀkau ʻĀkau. Mai Asia mai, ua lilo keia mau laau ma na wahi like ole. ʻO nā lāʻau ʻAmelika, pōhaku, a me nā lāʻau elm pahee nā ʻano elms nui loa.
Ua hoʻololi maikaʻi lākou i nā aniau like ʻole a hiki ke loaʻa ma nā wahi he nui a puni ka honua. ʻOiai ko lākou kumu ʻAsia, ua hoʻokumu kēia mau elm iā lākou iho i nā wahi noho like ʻole ma ka ʻĀpana ʻĀkau. I kēia mau lā, hālāwai ka poʻe i kēia mau lāʻau ma nā ʻano kaiapuni, e hoʻomaopopo iā lākou i nā hiʻohiʻona ma nā ʻāina like ʻole.
ʻO ka hoʻololi a me ke kūpaʻa o nā lāʻau elm ua kōkua i ko lākou laha a kaulana i nā wahi like ʻole o ka honua.
9. Na Laau Oka
ʻO ka lāʻau ʻoka, i kapa ʻia ʻo Quercus, he home ia ma kahi o 400 mau ʻano lāʻau nui. Ke haʻaheo nei kēia mau lāʻau nani i nā manawa ola, i kekahi manawa he mau haneli mau makahiki. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia e ko lākou ʻili ʻāhinahina a ʻeleʻele paha, mahalo ʻia nā ʻoka ma mua o ko lākou helehelena wale nō.
He punahele lākou i waena o nā holoholona hihiu ma muli o kā lākou hana nui ʻana i nā acorns. ʻO kēia mau hua, i hana ʻia e nā lāʻau ʻoka, he hana koʻikoʻi i loko o ke kaiaola, he kumu meaʻai nui no nā holoholona like ʻole.
Me ko lākou noho mau ʻana a me kā lākou hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole, kū nā ʻoka ma ke ʻano he mea kupanaha i ka honua kūlohelohe, e hana ana i nā wahi noho a mālama i ke ola no nā mea ola he nui i nā manawa lōʻihi.
10. Na Laau Holi
ʻO nā kumulāʻau Holly, i ʻike ʻia i ka ʻepekema ʻo Ilex, he mau lāʻau ʻōmaʻomaʻo me nā lau ākea ʻaʻole ʻālohilohi a loaʻa nā spines lōʻihi. Hāʻawi kēia mau lāʻau i hale no nā manu a me nā holoholona hihiu, ʻoiai lākou e ʻai i nā drupes e like me nā hua liʻiliʻi i hana ʻia e ka holly.
ʻO nā lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā pua ʻōmaʻomaʻo-keʻokeʻo maikaʻi o ka lāʻau holly he mea hoihoi loa ia i ka meli meli. Hāʻawi nā hua a me nā pua i ke kuleana o ka lāʻau i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kaiaola kūloko ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka huki ʻana i nā pollinators. Ma keʻano holoʻokoʻa, he mea nui nā lāʻau holly wahi noho no ka holoholona hihiu a he kuleana nui i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaulike o ke ʻano.
11. Laau Cherry Black
ʻO ka lāʻau cherry ʻeleʻele, ʻike ʻia ʻo Prunus, hoʻomaka me ka ʻili maʻemaʻe i kona wā ʻōpio a ma hope e hoʻomohala i kahi ʻano ʻano i kona ulu ʻana. Ma waho aʻe o kāna hua ʻono, hoʻonani ka cherry ʻeleʻele iā mākou me nā pua nani a me nā pua keʻokeʻo i ka wā puna. I kona wā mua, hōʻike ka lāʻau i ke ʻano o ka ʻili o ka ʻili, akā i ka wā lōʻihi, hoʻololi ia i kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻoi aʻe a me ka māwae.
ʻOi aku ka nani o kēia kumulāʻau ma mua o kāna mau cheri ʻono e hoʻokomo i nā pua nani e hoʻonani i kona mau lālā i ke kau ikaika o ka puna. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana mai ka ʻili maʻemaʻe i ka ʻili māwae a me ka leʻaleʻa i ka mohala ʻana i ka pūnāwai e hoʻohauʻoli ai ka cherry ʻeleʻele i ke ʻano.
12. Na Laau Sassafras
No ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ʻAmelika ʻAmelika nā kumu lāʻau Sassafras. He ʻeleʻele a ʻulaʻula ka ʻili o kēia mau lāʻau a he ʻala ʻoluʻolu. I ka pūnāwai, pua ka lāʻau me nā pua ʻala i ke gula, melemele, a ʻōmaʻomaʻo paha. Eia kekahi, lawe ia i nā drupes uliuli, he mau hua liʻiliʻi, pili i nā kīʻaha ʻulaʻula a me nā ʻōpala.
ʻO nā kumu lāʻau Sassafras kahi ʻāpana kūʻokoʻa o ka ʻāina, ʻaʻole wale no ko lākou ʻili ʻala akā no ka hōʻike waihoʻoluʻu a lākou i kau ai i ka pūnāwai. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka ʻili ʻeleʻele, nā pua nani, a me nā drupes uliuli ʻokoʻa e hoʻohui i ka nani o kēia mau lāʻau maoli.
13. Laau Sukamora
Hiki ke ʻike maʻalahi ʻia nā lāʻau sycamore, ʻike ʻia ʻo Platanus ma muli o ko lākou ʻili i hoʻonani ʻia me nā hiʻohiʻona paheʻe ʻole e like me ka camouflage. Aia kēia mau lāʻau ma ka hikina o ka Pāpū Nui.
ʻO nā lāʻau sycamore, i kapa ʻia ʻo Platanus, kū i waho me ko lākou ʻili e hōʻike ana i nā ʻano laulima, ʻano like ʻole e like me ka camouflage. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kēia mau lāʻau ma ka hikina o ka Great Plains.
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14. Laau Hackberry
ʻO ka hackberry maʻamau (Celtis occidentalis) he lāʻau ulu wikiwiki e hiki ke lele i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o 130 kapuaʻi. ʻIke ʻia e kona ʻano lau oval a me ka ʻili ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, he mea punahele kēia lāʻau i waena o nā holoholona hihiu no kāna mau drupes liʻiliʻi.
ʻO kēia mau drupes, a i ʻole nā huaʻai, makemake nui ʻia e nā holoholona like ʻole i ko lākou wahi kūlohelohe. ʻO ka ulu ʻana o ka hackberry e lilo ia i mea koʻikoʻi i nā ʻāina, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi wale i kahi canopy kiʻekiʻe akā hāʻawi pū kekahi i ka biodiversity o ka kaiaola.
Me kona mau hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa a me kona koʻikoʻi kaiaola, kū ka hackberry maʻamau ma ke ʻano he hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ka hiki ʻana o ke ʻano e ulu a mālama i nā ʻano ola like ʻole.
15. ʻO ka lāʻau ʻūhini ʻeleʻele
ʻO ka lāʻau ʻūhini ʻeleʻele, ʻike ʻia i ka ʻepekema ʻo Robinia pseudoacacacia, kū i waho me kāna mau lau hui kūikawā i loaʻa i nā lau he 19. Mai ka hema hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻike pinepine ʻia kēia lāʻau ma nā wahi like ʻole o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, ʻEulopa, a me Asia. ʻIke ʻia ke ʻano o ka lāʻau ʻūhini ʻeleʻele ma muli o kona mau lau ʻokoʻa, aia nā lau he nui ma kēlā me kēia lau.
Hāʻawi kēia mau lau hui i ke ʻano kūʻokoʻa o ka lāʻau. Loaʻa i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa like ʻole, ua hoʻonui kēia kumulāʻau i kona wahi noho ma waho o kona ʻāina hānau, a lilo i ʻano ʻike ʻike a laha loa i nā wahi like ʻole o ka honua.
16. Magnolia Hema
ʻIke ʻia ka magnolia hema, ʻike ʻia ʻo Magnolia grandiflora e kona mau pua keʻokeʻo nui a nani. Ke ulu nei kēia lāʻau ma nā ʻāpana o ke kikowaena a me ka hikina hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻAʻole paʻakikī ka ʻike ʻana i ka Southern Magnolia ma muli o kona mau pua nani.
ʻO kēia mau pua, me kā lākou hue keʻokeʻo hoʻohiwahiwa, hoʻohui i ka nani o ka ʻāina. Loaʻa pinepine ʻia ka lāʻau ma nā ʻāpana waena a me ka hikina hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
ʻO kona mau pua nui a hōʻikeʻike e lilo ia i mea hoʻohui ʻokoʻa a nani hoʻi i ke ʻano kūlohelohe. Me kona laha nui ʻana ma nā mokuʻāina waena a me ka hikina hema, kū ka magnolia Hema ma ke ʻano he lāʻau nani a maʻalahi hoʻi e ʻike ʻia.
17. Nā Laʻau ʻona
Ua loaʻa i nā kumulāʻau Sweetgum, i ʻike ʻia ʻo Liquidambar, i kapa ʻia ʻo "star-leaved gum" ma muli o ko lākou mau lau ʻokoʻa a me ka kohu waiwai a lākou e hoʻohua ai. ʻO kēia mau lāʻau, aia ma Asia a me ʻAmelika, he mau koho maikaʻi loa ia no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka malu.
Manaʻo ʻia nā Sweetgums no ko lākou hiki ke hana i nā wahi ʻoluʻolu a ʻoluʻolu me kā lākou mau lālā ākea a me nā lau ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka kohu a lākou e hana ai he mau noi kūpono, e hoʻohui i kā lākou hoʻopiʻi.
Inā ma ʻAsia a ma ʻAmelika paha, kū kēia mau lāʻau ma ke ʻano he nani a me ka hana, e hoʻonui ana i ka nani maoli o ko lākou puni ʻana me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi hoʻomaha mai ka lā.
18. Laau Maple
ʻO nā lāʻau maple, i kapa ʻia ʻo Acer i ka ʻepekema, aia ma kahi o 125 mau ʻano ʻano like ʻole, akā ʻelima i laha nui ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. ʻIke ʻia ka hapa nui o nā maple no ko lākou mau lau paʻakikī, ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻike ana i ʻekolu a ʻelima mau veins e lālā ana mai ke kumu nui.
E maʻalahi ka ʻike ʻana i nā maple i ka wā hāʻule, no ka mea, e hōʻike ana nā lau i nā waihoʻoluʻu e like me ka ʻulaʻula hohonu, ka melemele gula, a me nā ʻano alani like ʻole, ma muli o ke ʻano kikoʻī.
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