I kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ua lanakila nā huahana lā'au mai'a i ka wahi mua ma nā hō'ike'ike lima he nui a lilo i po'okela o nā hō'ike'ike he nui i kēia lā. Ua loaʻa i nā kumulāʻau banyan artificial ka lokomaikaʻi o nā kamaʻāina lehulehu no kā lākou ʻōmaʻomaʻo, haʻahaʻa-carbon, pili kaiapuni, a hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia.
Hiki i nā lā'au mai'a ho'ohālikelike ke ho'okō i nā pono like 'ole o ka po'e kū'ai a hiki ke ho'ololi loa i kekahi mau lā'au maoli ma ke 'ano o ka hopena ho'onani. ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻo nā huahana o nā kumulāʻau banyan i hoʻohālikelike ʻia he ikaika kūʻē i ke aniau. Hoʻohana maʻamau ʻia nā kumulāʻau banyan simulated i nā pā hale, nā alanui, a me nā moena pua, kūpono no ka nānā ʻana i ka makahiki, a hoʻohana nui ʻia i loko o ka hale a me ka hoʻonaninani ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
Hana ʻia nā kumulāʻau maiʻa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia ma ka hoʻohālike ʻana i ke ʻano o nā kumulāʻau maoli, a kapa kekahi poʻe iā lākou he kumu lāʻau maiʻa hoʻopunipuni. ʻO nā kumulāʻau banyan simulated nā ʻano maʻamau i nā kumulāʻau simulation, hiki ke hōʻike i ka maʻalahi kahiko a me nā loli o ka lāʻau i hoʻohālikelike ʻia a hoʻohui i kahi ʻano kaiaola a nani i ke kaiapuni. Hoʻohana pū kekahi ʻano kumu lāʻau simulation i nā ʻano o nā kumu maiʻa i kekahi ʻano, e like me nā aʻa lāʻau kahiko, nā aʻa parasitic, etc.