UOG Expertise: How you can help Guam's dying gagu

12/19/2022

How you can help Guam's dying gagu

By Robert Schlub, Elizabeth Hahn, and Julia Delorm for the Pacific Daily News

What happened to the huge, lush, towering, 100-year-plus gagu, or ironwood trees, that commonly dotted the island’s landscape at the University of Guam, Tiyan, Windward Hills Country Club golf course and elsewhere?

Known by its scientific name Casuarina equisetifolia, ironwood trees are tightly integrated into Guam’s environment and local culture.

Read the full article in the Pacific Daily News (Dec. 10, 2021).

Photo of Robert L. Schlub — *Robert L. Schlub*

Robert L. Schlub is a plant pathology professor and extension specialist and Elizabeth Hahn and Julia Delorm are extension associates with Cooperative Extension & Outreach at the University of Guam’s College of Natural and Applied Sciences.

News Categories

University of Guam

Unibetsedȧt Guåhan
UOG Station
Mangilao, Guam 96913

Contact Us

The University of Guam is a U.S. Land Grant and Sea Grant Institution accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission. UOG is an equal opportunity provider and employer committed to our island wisdom values of inadahi yan inagofli'e: respect, compassion, and community.

UOG Expertise: How you can help Guam's dying gagu