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Metrosideros polymorpha is the most common native tree in the Hawaiian Islands, tolerating a wide range of soil conditions, temperature, and rainfall. It grows from sea level right up to the tree line at elevations of 2,500 m (8,200 ft) and is commonly found in moist and dry forests , high shrublands , and is a colonizer of recent lava flows. [ 8 ]
Acacia koa, commonly known as koa, [3] is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, [2] where it is the second most common tree. [4] The highest populations are on Hawaiʻi, Maui and Oʻahu.
Pritchardia perlmanii, the Waiʻoli Valley pritchardia, [2] is a species of palm tree that is endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii, United States. It inhabits lowland mesic forests in the Waiʻoli Valley at an elevation of 420–850 m (1,380–2,790 ft). P. perlmanii reaches a height of 10 m (33 ft) and a trunk diameter of 30 cm (12 in). [3]
Melicope haupuensis is a species of tree in the family Rutaceae known by the common names Haupa Mountain melicope [2] and Pacific pelea. [3] It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. [3] It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.
It has a global rank of G1, meaning critically imperiled, and has a local rank in Hawaii of S1, meaning the same thing. It has had a population decline of 10-30%. There is an estimated 100-250 individual plants. [8] The tree is endemic to the island of Kauai, where it grows in wet forest habitat. [4] It can also grow in bogs. [6]
Euphorbia haeleeleana, the Kauaʻi spurge, is a species of flowering plant in the croton family, Euphorbiaceae, that is endemic to the islands of Kauaʻi and Oaʻhu in Hawaii. Like other Hawaiian spurges it is known as `akoko. It inhabits dry, coastal mesic, and mixed mesic forests from 205–670 m (673–2,198 ft).
Rubus hawaiensis, also called the ʻĀkala, is one of two species (with R. macraei) commonly known as Hawaiian raspberry, endemic to Hawaii. It is found on the islands of Kauaʻi , Molokaʻi , Maui , O'ahu , and Hawaiʻi in mesic to wet forest at elevations of 600–3,070 m (1,970–10,070 ft). [ 3 ]
Kokia kauaiensis, the Kauai treecotton [2] or Kauaʻi Kokiʻo, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to Kauaʻi, Hawaii.. It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 350–660 m (1,150–2,170 ft).