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The Limahuli Garden on the North Shore of Kauai features 700-year-old ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:24:01 GMT

(AP) - The Limahuli Garden on the North Shore of Kauai features 700-year-old terraces for growing taro, known as loi kalo seen on March 24, 2007, in Kauai, Hawaii. The north shore site of the National Tropical Botanical Garden features a variety of plants native to the islands. At the garden headquartered on Hawaii's Garden Isle, resident scientists face the challenge of snatching the Pacific islands' quickly disappearing plants from the brink of extinction. (AP Photo/Tara Godvin)

A blossom of an Ohia Lehua tree soaks in the sunshine at Kauai's ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:23:54 GMT

(AP) - A blossom of an Ohia Lehua tree soaks in the sunshine at Kauai's Limahuli Garden on March 24, 2007, in Kauai, Hawaii. The north shore site of the National Tropical Botanical Garden features a variety of plants native to the islands. At the garden headquartered on Hawaii's Garden Isle, resident scientists face the challenge of snatching the Pacific islands' quickly disappearing plants from the brink of extinction. (AP Photo/Tara Godvin)

An alula grows in a green house at the National Tropical Botanical ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:23:52 GMT

(AP) - An alula grows in a green house at the National Tropical Botanical Garden seen on March 23, 2007, in Kauai, Hawaii. The north shore site of the National Tropical Botanical Garden features a variety of plants native to the islands. At the garden headquartered on Hawaii's Garden Isle, resident scientists face the challenge of snatching the Pacific islands' quickly disappearing plants from the brink of extinction. (AP Photo/Tara Godvin)

The trunks of Moreton Bay fig trees tangle at the Allerton Garden ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:23:50 GMT

(AP) - The trunks of Moreton Bay fig trees tangle at the Allerton Garden are seen March 23, 2007, in Kauai, Hawaii. At the garden headquartered on Hawaii's Garden Isle, resident scientists face the challenge of snatching the Pacific islands' quickly disappearing plants from the brink of extinction. (AP Photo/Tara Godvin)

An image of a Buddha stands amid bamboo at the Allerton Garden ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:23:40 GMT

(AP) - An image of a Buddha stands amid bamboo at the Allerton Garden on Kauai, Hawaii on March 23, 2007. The north shore site of the National Tropical Botanical Garden features a variety of plants native to the islands. At the garden headquartered on Hawaii's Garden Isle, resident scientists face the challenge of snatching the Pacific islands' quickly disappearing plants from the brink of extinction. (AP Photo/Tara Godvin)