R.D. Kirkpatrick 1965 Journal Palmyra Atoll Line Islands Mar 2 P.M. Five S.I. people (excluding 16 Hackman who stayed aboard ship Tue with an infected leg) and Al Samuelson, the Bishop Museum entomologist, landed and set up camp at the WWII U.S. air base. Bunkers are on many of the islands and there are remains of barbed wire entanglements around each island. This atoll has a high rainfall causing the vegetation to be very lush. In areas that were undis- turbed during WWII, there are very tall Pisonia trees that are 6' + in diameter. Dominant climax vegetation seems to be coconut palm, Pisonia and Scaevola. The old landing strip is being vegetated by Lepturus and other grasses, then Sida (a 2 to 3' tall shrub), then Scaevola and coconut. This plant succession seems to be more rapid than the succession from bare ground to climax in the temperate zone.