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Puu Kukui is a mountain peak in Hawaii. It is the highest peak of Mauna Kahalawai (the West Maui Mountains). The summit rises above the Puu Kukui Watershed Management Area, an private nature preserve maintained by the Maui Land & Pineapple Company. The peak was formed by a volcano whose caldera eroded into what is now Īao Valley. Puu Kukui is one of the wettest spots on Earth and the second wettest in the state after Mount Waialeale,〔 〕 receiving an average of of rain a year. Rainwater unable to drain away flows into a bog. The soil is dense, deep, and acidic. Puu Kukui is home to many endemic plants, insects, and birds, including the greensword (''Argyroxiphium grayanum''), a distinctive bog variety of ''ōhia lehua'' (''Metrosideros polymorpha var. pseudorugosa'') and many ''lobelioid'' species. Due to the mountain peak's extreme climate and peat soil, many species, such as the ''ōhia'', are represented as dwarfs. Access to the area is restricted to researchers and conservationists. ==See also== * List of Ultras of Oceania * List of Ultras of the United States 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Puu Kukui」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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