Akaka Falls State Park
Local folklore describes a stone here called Pōhaku a Pele that, when struck by a branch of lehua ʻāpane, will call the sky to darken and rain to fall. Lehua ʻāpane or ʻōhiʻa ʻāpane is an ʻōhiʻa tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) with dark red blossoms.
ʻAkaka Falls is located on Kolekole Stream. A large stone in the stream about 70 feet (21 m) upstream of the falls is called Pōhaku o Kāloa.
Wildlife
The ʻoʻopu ʻalamoʻo is an endemic Hawaiian species of goby fish that spawns in stream above the waterfall, but matures in the sea. These fish have a suction disk on their bellies that allows them to cling to the wet rocks behind and adjacent to the waterfall. Using this disk, they climb back up to the stream when it is time to spawn. A shrimp called the ʻōpaekalaʻole has also evolved to climb ʻAkaka Falls and live in Kolekole Stream.
See also
References
- ^ "Akaka Falls, Big Island of Hawaii". March 2, 2020.
- ^ "'Akaka Falls Loop Trail in 'Akaka Falls State Park". hikespeak.com. hikespeak. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Samuel H. Elbert, and Esther T. Mookini. 1974. Place Names of Hawaiʻi. The University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu. 289 pp. (ISBN 0-8248-0524-0)
- ^ "Where badass fish climb rock cliffs... with their mouths - CNET".
- ^ "'Akaka Falls Loop Trail in 'Akaka Falls State Park". hikespeak.com. Hikespeak. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
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