HCC §14-65
List of special trees protected by the county
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗This section names specific trees on certain properties as 'Exceptional Trees of the County of Hawai'i.' It lists each tree by its type, location, and who owns the land. The list is the official record of which trees get this special status.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Designated exceptional trees
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The following trees are designated as “Exceptional Trees of the County of Hawai‘i.” Tax Map Key Tree Owner Ords and Location Bo or Peepul Tree 2-3-15:1 State of Hawai‘i 91-140 Ficus religiosa Old Riverside School Dept. of Education Brazilian Fern Tree 7-5-1:114 Gwendolyn C. Hobbs 06-135 Schizolobium parahyba Moeauoa 1, North Kona Chinese Weeping 2-2-29:08 State of Hawai‘i 99-27 Banyan Kīlauea Avenue Coconut Trees 2-2-4:02 State of Hawai‘i 91-140 Cocos nucifera Waiolama Canal, Hilo Divi-Divi 2-3-05:1 County of Hawai‘i 91-140 Caesalpinia coriaria Kalākaua Park False Kamani 2-3-12:09 Haili Church 91-140 Terminalia catappa Haili Street Gardenia Remyi 2-3-29-02 John & Dorothy Cross 00-121 Waianuenue Avenue Gold Tree 2-2-27:01 State of Hawai‘i 91-140, Cybistax donnell-smithii Forestry Arboretum 00-121 Grove of Mangoes 1-3-08 County of Hawai‘i 93-8, Mangifera indica Pohoiki Road 06-26 Grove of Mangoes 1-4-3, 4, 5, & 28 County of Hawai‘i 02-123 Government Beach Road Grove of Monkeypod 2-2-04:35 Kamehameha County of Hawai‘i 99-27 Trees Avenue & Pauahi Street Grove of Monkeypod 2-2-04:56 Kamehameha County of Hawai‘i 99-27 Trees Avenue & Pauahi Street Hame 4-4-14:01 State of Hawai‘i 91-140, Antidesma platyphyllum Kalōpā State Park 00-121 Indian Banyan 2-3-05:1 County of Hawai‘i 91-140 Ficus benghalensis Kalākaua Park Koa 4-4-14:01 State of Hawai‘i 91-140 Acacia koa Kalōpā State Park Kōpiko 4-4-14:01 State of Hawai‘i 91-140, Psychotria hawaiiensis Kalōpā State Park 00-121 SUPP. 18 (7-2025) 14-28 GENERAL WELFARE § 14-65 Tax Map Key Tree Owner Ords and Location Kōpiko 4-4-14:01 State of Hawai‘i 91-140, Psychotria hawaiiensis Kalōpā State Park 00-121 Loulu Palm 2-3-05:1 County of Hawai‘i 91-140 Pritchardia beccariana Kalākaua Park Loulu Palm 8-9-6:04 Farms of Kapua, Ltd. 91-140 Pritchardia schattaueri South Kona Monkeypod 2-1-03:27 Suisan Company 91-140 Samanea saman Lihiwai Street Moreton Bay Fig 7-5-6:12 Burgess, Inc. 06-136 Ficus macrophylla Portion of Kailua Village, North Kona ‘Ōhi‘a 1-5-1:56 Robert E. O’Neill 03-145 Ka‘ohe Homesteads, Pāhoa ‘Ōhi‘a Lehua 2-3-27:01 State of Hawai‘i 91-140, Metrosideros polymorpha Rainbow Falls Park, Hilo 00-121 ‘Ōhi‘a Lehua 4-4-14:01 State of Hawai‘i 91-140, Metrosideros polymorpha Kalōpā State Park 00-121 ‘Ōhi‘a Lehua 4-4-14:01 State of Hawai‘i 91-140, Metrosideros polymorpha Kalōpā State Park 00-121 ‘Ōhi‘a Lehua 4-4-14:01 State of Hawai‘i 91-140, Metrosideros polymorpha Kalōpā State Park 00-121 ‘Ōhi‘a Lehua 4-4-14:01 State of Hawai‘i 91-140, Metrosideros polymorpha Kalōpā State Park 00-121 ‘Ōhi‘a Lehua 4-4-14:01 State of Hawai‘i 91-140, Metrosideros polymorpha Kalōpā State Park 00-121 Pili nut 8-1-9:01 George Schattauer 91-140 Canarium sp. South Kona Pua Kenikeni 3-6-09:31 County of Hawai‘i 91-140 Fagraea berteriana Laupāhoehoe Police Station Surinam Cherry 2-3-14:07 Hilo United Methodist 91-140 Eugenia uniflora Waiānuenue Avenue Church Terminalia Chebula 2-3-01:2 County of Hawai‘i 02-123 Kamehameha Avenue Valencia Orange 8-1-9:1 Margaret Schattauer 07-124 (Vancouver) Kaawaloa, Citrus sinensis South Kona (1991, ord 91-140, sec 2; am 1993, ord 93-8, sec 1; am 1999, ord 99-27, sec 1; am 2000, ord 00-121, sec 1; am 2002, ord 02-123, sec 1; am 2003, ord 03-145, sec 1; am 2005, ord 05-158, sec 1; am 2006, ord 06-26, sec 2; ord 06-135, sec 1; ord 06-136, sec 1; am 2007, ord 07-124, sec 1; ord 07-125, sec 1; ord 07-126, sec 1; am 2025, ord 25-49, sec 1.) 14-65 14-29 SUPP. 18 (7-2025) Article 11. Neighborhood Watch Signs.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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