File:African Tulip Tree (48854279092).jpg
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editDescriptionAfrican Tulip Tree (48854279092).jpg |
An African tulip tree in bloom is a remarkable burst of color. Consequently, the tree has earned many monikers: flame of the forest, fountain tree, and fireball. Scientists know it as Spathodea campanulata and this East African Native has been in Hawaiʻi for a long time. Renowned physician and botanist William Hillebrand first planted African tulip trees in Hawaiʻi in the late 1800s. Around 1915 Joseph Rock, another prominent figure in Hawaiian botany, introduced S. campanulata seeds collected in Java. In the late 1920s and 30s foresters planted and dropped African tulip seeds by air throughout many parts of the state. On Maui nearly 30,000 trees were planted. But as the “flame of the forest” spread and awareness of invasive species increased, people began to be concerned about the trees spreading. We now know that African tulip trees are invasive and damaging to Hawaiian ecosystems. They grow extremely fast; in Puerto Rico they can increase 2” in diameter per year, shooting up from the forest floor and outcompeting other plants for sunlight. They can be a notorious pasture pest, springing up when land is cleared and creating a field of tulip trees with little else. Prolific seeders, their papery oatmeal-like seeds blow in the wind for miles. But perhaps what makes these trees most invasive is their shade-tolerant seedlings. |
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Source | African Tulip Tree |
Author | Kirt Edblom from Kihei, Hi, United States |
Camera location | 20° 51′ 31.29″ N, 156° 09′ 17.96″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 20.858691; -156.154990 |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Kirt Edblom at https://flickr.com/photos/27190564@N02/48854279092. It was reviewed on 9 May 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
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Camera model | NIKON D7100 |
Author | Kirt Edblom |
Copyright holder | Kirt Edblom |
Exposure time | 1/500 sec (0.002) |
F-number | f/9.5 |
ISO speed rating | 100 |
Date and time of data generation | 09:45, 15 September 2019 |
Lens focal length | 140 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 240 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 240 dpi |
Software used | Ver.1.01 |
File change date and time | 09:45, 15 September 2019 |
Y and C positioning | Centered |
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Exif version | 2.31 |
Date and time of digitizing | 09:45, 15 September 2019 |
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APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 5.0219238147438 APEX (f/5.7) |
Metering mode | Center weighted average |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
DateTime subseconds | 60 |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 60 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 60 |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | 2 |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 210 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | None |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
GPS tag version | 0.0.3.2 |