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Provincial grass: big bluestem, fossil: Tylosaurus pembinensis, soil: Newdale soil (Orthic Black Chernozem) New Brunswick [5] Black-capped chickadee – – Purple violet: Balsam fir – Spem reduxit (hope was restored) Provincial soil: Holmesville, Salmon Fly: Picture Province [6] Newfoundland and Labrador [7] Atlantic puffin (provincial bird ...
Sapindus oahuensis is a species of tree in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is limited to Kauaʻi (Waimea Canyon) and Oʻahu (Waiʻanae and Koʻolau Ranges). [4] Its common names include Āulu, [5] Oahu soapberry, alulu, kaulu, and lonomea. [2] Fruits
Polyscias sandwicensis, known as the 'ohe makai [3] or ʻOhe kukuluāeʻo in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii.It is a tree, reaching a height of 4.6–15 m (15–49 ft) high with a trunk diameter of 0.5–0.6 m (1.6–2.0 ft). [4]
Fruit is 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long and contains many 1.5-millimetre (0.059 in) seeds. [2] The bracts and fruit of the ʻieʻie were a favorite food of the ʻōʻū (Psittirostra psittacea), an extinct Hawaiian honeycreeper that was formerly a principal seed dispersal vector for plants with small seeded, fleshy fruits in low elevation forests. [6]
A herbarium (plural "herbaria") is a collection of preserved plant specimens. These specimens may be whole plants or plant parts: these will usually be in a dried form, mounted on a sheet, but depending upon the material may also be kept in alcohol or other preservative.
Planchonella sandwicensis is a species of flowering tree in the sapodilla family, Sapotaceae, that is endemic to the main islands of Hawaii. Names for this species in the Hawaiian language include ʻĀlaʻa , Āulu and ʻĒlaʻa .
The green, sub-mature seeds of the loulu, known as hawane or wahane, were considered a delicacy in Hawaiian cuisine. [8] Distribution and Habitat. Tree molds of loulu palms found on the Kona coast suggest that these palms were present since the early period of Polynesian settlement in Hawai'i.
Rhus sandwicensis, commonly known as neneleau, [2] neleau or Hawaiian sumac, is a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii.It is small tree, reaching a height of 4.5–7.5 m (15–25 ft) and a trunk diameter of 10–30 cm (3.9–11.8 in).