Botanical survey of Kilauea Volcano East Rift Craters: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Belfield TR. 1998. Botanical survey of Kilauea Volcano East Rift Craters: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit Technical Report Series. CPSU Technical Report 122. Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu, HI
Summarizes surveys of Pu'u Huluhulu,Kane Nui O Hamo,and Napau Trail Pit Crater for feral pig activity, alien plants and rare uncommon and endangered plant species in 1995-97. No evidence of feral pig activity. Four alien plant species were of concern:firetree(Myrica faya),kahili ginger(Hedychium gardnerianum), Himalayan Yellow Raspberry(Rubus elipticus), and beardgrass (Andropogon viginicus). Thirteen rare and uncommon species were found, two of which (Phyllostegia floribunda and Rumex giganteus) were previously unrecorded from the East Rift Zone.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Belfield, Thomas
- Date of Issue
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Units
- HAVO
- Keywords
- Alien Plants, Andropogon virginicus, beardgrass, Checklist, Crater, East Rift Zone, feral pig, firetree, Hedychium gardenerianum, Himalayan yellow raspberry, Invasive, kahili ginger, Kane Nui O Hamo, Myrica faya, Napau trail pit crater, Phyllostegia, Plant Studies, Pu'u Huluhulu, Rare Plants, Rubus ellipticus, Survey, Vegetation