State officials said rapid ohia death has been detected in three trees at a Maui elementary school campus. The landscape ohia trees were infected with Ceratocystis huliohia, the less virulent strain ...

known as the Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025, aims to address a specific tree disease affecting the native Hawaiian tree species known as 'ohia, which is caused by a fungal pathogen.

COURTESY DLNR The landscape ohia trees were infected with Ceratocystis huliohia, the less virulent strain of the fungal pathogen, according to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources.