Piiholo

Piʻiholo is a mountain summit on the island of Maui in Hawaii. It is at 20°51′7″N 156°17′33″W / 20.85194°N 156.29250°W / 20.85194; -156.29250 and has an elevation of 689 meters (2,260 feet).^[1]

Piiholo's elevation of 689 meters is high enough to support temperate-zone plants such as pine and pecan.

loblolly pine plantation at Piiholo.

Its soils are mostly dark reddish brown silty clays developed on long-weathered volcanic ash which supports ranchland where cattle and horses are raised.^[2] There also is a headquarters unit of the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC)^[3] at the Haleakala Experiment Station of the University of Hawaii.^[4] The nearest town is Makawao.

The major landowner in the area is the family descended from Henry Perrine Baldwin (1842–1911).^[5] His son Henry Alexander Baldwin created the Piʻiholo Ranch out of the larger Haleakala Ranch, named after Haleakalā, the highest point in Maui. The ranch now features eco-tourism.^[6] The endangered Hawaiian goose Branta sandvicensis known as Nēnē in the Hawaiian language, is being reintroduced here under supervision of Peter Baldwin.^[7]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piiholo
2. "Web Soil Survey".
3. "Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC)". web site. Hawaii Invasive Species Council. Archived from the original on 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
4. "Haleakala Experiment Station, Maui County". web site. University of Hawai‘i - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
5. . web site. Piʻiholo Ranch. Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
6. "Hawaii's Newest and Longest Side-by-Side Zipline Launches Operation in Upcountry Maui". web site. Piʻiholo Ranch. February 16, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
7. (PDF). State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources. August 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2010-01-13.