Hawaii S Native Plants

Author : Bruce Bohm
Publisher : Mutual Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Botany
ISBN : 1566479053

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Hawaii's Native Plants by Bruce Bohm Pdf

The Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated archipelago on Earth. The chance arrival of plants and animals to these rich volcanic islands resulted in the evolution of a host of unique speciesalmost 90 percent of the plants native to this island chain do not occur anywhere else in the world. But the Hawaiian Islands were not to remain as they were. They were discovered by humans, and with the settlers came other invaders. Native species, which had evolved with few natural enemies, had little or no protection. The invasion had begun. The losses suffered have been huge, and until recently, few understood how much was being lost as these biological riches vanished from the Pacific Basin. Focusing on plants endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii's Native Plants also includes a sampling of species that occur elsewhere in the Pacific Basin, as well as those brought by early settlers, and other alien species. Dr. Bohm begins with the basic questions island biologists ask: Where is everything? How did it all get here? When did it all happen? The reader will also learn of the islands' fascinating geological history and the development of its native flowering plants and ferns, and the pests that have wreaked or threatened havoc on island biodiversity and others whose impact remains to be seen. The concept of endemism, or "nativeness," is also discussed. The scope of the discussion is invaluable in answering the question of what can we do now to protect what remains of Hawaii's priceless natural heritage.

Author : Kerin E. Lilleeng-Rosenberger
Publisher : Mutual Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Endemic plants
ISBN : 1566477166

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Growing Hawai'i's Native Plants by Kerin E. Lilleeng-Rosenberger Pdf

Author : John L. Culliney,Bruce P. Koebele
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0824821769

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A Native Hawaiian Garden by John L. Culliney,Bruce P. Koebele Pdf

Hawai‘i is home to some of the rarest plants in the world, many of them now threatened by extinction. Despite a benign and nurturing climate, native species are declining almost everywhere in the Islands. Human-introduced pests, the spread of competing alien plants, wildfires, urban and agricultural development, and other disturbances of modern life are eliminating native species at an alarming pace. In fact, 38 percent of all plants on the U.S. endangered species list are native Hawaiian plants. A Native Hawaiian Garden is an effort to help stem the tide. Until recent years, few people attempted to raise native plants in their gardens, in schoolyards and parks, or around public buildings. But this situation is changing as essential information about raising native plants becomes more readily available. A Native Hawaiian Garden offers the most in-depth treatment yet on cultivating and propagating native Hawaiian plants. Following an overview of Hawaiian natural history and conservation, the book treats 63 species (many for the first time), giving detailed information on all stages of gardening: from preparing seeds for germination to the care and tending of the young plants in the landscape. Habitats where the plants are most likely to thrive are also described, as well as the uses that native Hawaiians made of the plants. Over 90 color photographs enhance the book. A Native Hawaiian Garden has much to offer professional horticulturists, landscapers, and botanists, and gives reason to hope that more spaces around housing developments, shopping malls, and other commercial buildings will soon include native plants. But the book will prove especially valuable to those gardeners who wish to grow and nurture something truly Hawaiian in their own backyards. Among the many rewards of growing natives, the authors make clear, is the opportunity to contribute your own experiences and findings to a vital preservation effort.

Author : Kerin E. Lilleeng-Rosenberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Endemic plants
ISBN : 193948796X

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Native Hawaiian Plants by Kerin E. Lilleeng-Rosenberger Pdf

Author : Robert J. Gustafson,Derral R. Herbst,Philip W. Rundel
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-31
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780824846695

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Hawaiian Plant Life by Robert J. Gustafson,Derral R. Herbst,Philip W. Rundel Pdf

Hawaiian Plant Life has been written with both the layperson and professional interested in Hawai‘i’s natural history and flora in mind. In addition to significant text describing landforms and vegetation, the evolution of Hawaiian flora, and the conservation of native species, the book includes almost 875 color photographs illustrating nearly two-thirds of native Hawaiian plant species as well as a concise description of each genus and species shown. The work can be used either as a stand-alone reference or as a companion to the two-volume Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai‘i. Learning more about threatened and endangered plants is essential to conserving them, and there is no more endangered flora in the world today than that of the Hawaiian Islands. Striking species complexes such as the silverswords and the remarkable lobeliads represent unique stories of adaptive radiation that make the Hawai‘i a living laboratory for evolution. Public appreciation for Hawaiian biodiversity requires outreach and education that will determine the future conservation of this rich heritage, and Hawaiian Plant Life has been designed to help fill that need.

Author : Amy Beatrice Holdsworth Greenwell,Peter Van Dyke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Ethnobotany
ISBN : 1581780923

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Amy Greenwell Garden Ethnobotanical Guide to Native Hawaiian Plants & Polynesian-introduced Plants by Amy Beatrice Holdsworth Greenwell,Peter Van Dyke Pdf

"Native Hawaiian plants make up a unique flora because of the extreme isolation of the Hawaiian Islands. When the Polynesian settlers arrived, they encountered many plants that they did not know before. Over the course of generations, the Hawaiian people learned how to use the native flora to meet their needs. Along with the crops that the settlers introduced from the South Pacific, native plants became the basis for Hawaiian society and economy. In addition to describing the plants and their habitats, this guide relates the significance that native and Polynesian-introduced plants had to traditional Hawaiian culture, and tells how these plants are still used today." --Back cover.

Author : Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst
Publisher : Bess Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005-04
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1573062073

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Growing Native Hawaiian Plants by Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst Pdf

Detailed instructions for growing native Hawaiian plants from cuttings or seeds, air-layering, grafting, watering, xeriscaping, transplanting, etc., and basic landscape maintenance. Also explains the plants' importance in Hawaiian culture.

Author : National Academy of Sciences,Steve Olson
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004-02-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309166706

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Evolution in Hawaii by National Academy of Sciences,Steve Olson Pdf

As both individuals and societies, we are making decisions today that will have profound consequences for future generations. From preserving Earth's plants and animals to altering our use of fossil fuels, none of these decisions can be made wisely without a thorough understanding of life's history on our planet through biological evolution. Companion to the best selling title Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science, Evolution in Hawaii examines evolution and the nature of science by looking at a specific part of the world. Tracing the evolutionary pathways in Hawaii, we are able to draw powerful conclusions about evolution's occurrence, mechanisms, and courses. This practical book has been specifically designed to give teachers and their students an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of evolution using exercises with real genetic data to explore and investigate speciation and the probable order in which speciation occurred based on the ages of the Hawaiian Islands. By focusing on one set of islands, this book illuminates the general principles of evolutionary biology and demonstrate how ongoing research will continue to expand our knowledge of the natural world.

Author : Beatrice H. Krauss
Publisher : Bess Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1573060348

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Plants in Hawaiian Medicine by Beatrice H. Krauss Pdf

Beautifully illustrated, this informative book describes the plants integral to Hawaiian medicine and healing, and discusses their uses past and present.

Author : Kerin E. Lilleeng-Rosenberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12
Category : Endemic plants
ISBN : 1939487714

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Growing Hawaii's Native Plants by Kerin E. Lilleeng-Rosenberger Pdf

This book is a comprehensive guide to propagating native Hawaiian plants. Using a clear easy-to-read format, Growing Hawaii's Native Plants contains an extensive, thoroughly researched entry for each of the 1,191 true existing native Hawaiian species. For each entry there is a species description information on provenance, growing methods, germination rates, pest and disease control, and most importantly, directions for out planting. This book is a one-stop reference work for scientists and nursery owners, conservationists and backyard gardeners alike. Tropical gardeners and conservationists around the world will also find this volume a valuable addition to the comparatively small literature on tropical plant propagation and conservation. Included are more than 400 high-quality color images and a foreword by renowned botanist Sir Ghillean Prance, former director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and current scientific director of the Eden Project.

Author : S. H. Sohmer,R. Gustafson
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0824810961

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Plants and Flowers of Hawai'i by S. H. Sohmer,R. Gustafson Pdf

The Hawaiian islands, isolated by thousands of miles of ocean for millions of years, posses a unique assemblage of native flowers and plants. This text describes more than 130 indigenous and endemic species of Hawaiian plants, their characteristics and habitats, and how they came to be. The photographs aim to provide an easy and accurate means of recognizing a given plant and serve as a permanent record of the Hawaiian islands' fast-disappearing native flora.

Author : Angela Kay Kepler
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0824819942

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Hawaiian Heritage Plants by Angela Kay Kepler Pdf

Almost 90 per cent of Hawaii's flora are found nowhere else in the world. This text presents a revised edition of a guide book to these and other plants that comprise some of the most unique ecosystems in the world. In a series of essays, the author weaves cultural and biological, historical and geographic, aesthetic and spiritual aspects of Hawaiian ecology into non-technical accounts of 32 plants important to early Hawaiians.

Author : Isabella Aiona Abbott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Ethnobotany
ISBN : 0930897625

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Lā'au Hawai'i by Isabella Aiona Abbott Pdf

This classic, award-winning book provides the first comprehensive description of Hawaiian traditions of plant use. Topics include not only food, but clothing, cordage, shelter, canoes, tools, housewares, medicines, religious objects, weaponry, personal adornment, and recreation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : College of Tropical Agriculture
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015057652524

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Growing Plants for Hawaiian Lei by Anonim Pdf

Almost everyone loves a lei--the making, giving, receiving, and wearing of the lei is a cherished Hawai'i tradition recognized worldwide. With the renaissance in Hawaiian culture sweeping the islands, growing plants that provide lei materials can be a source of pride and pleasure for the home gardener, an economic opportunity for green-thumb entrepreneurs, and can reduce gathering pressure on the few precious remaining areas of native Hawaiian vegetation. This book contains information on growing 85 plants that can provide flowers or foliage for lei. Some are traditionally used native species; others are relatively new introductions with a potential place in the lei industry. In addition to the 170 pages detailing the plants, sections of the book provide useful basic plant production information and helpful tips for anyone wishing to get into the lei material business in a small or large way. In a special section written for this book, two experts on Hawaiian tradition and native Hawaiian plants explain the spiritual and cultural significance of the lei and lei making in ancient Hawai'i. These authors highlight the ancient Hawaiian conservation ethic and concept of sustainable agriculture, a revival of which could help preserve the islands' threatened native ecosystems. This book is a must-have for anyone wanting to help preserve Hawai'i's plant and cultural heritage!

Author : Y. S. Green,Coloring Books
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486403602

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Hawaiian Plants and Animals Coloring Book by Y. S. Green,Coloring Books Pdf

Forty-four excellent illustrations of islands' characteristic flora and fauna: mango, breadfruit, prickly poppy, tree fern, pineapple, slipper lobster, damselfly, cone-headed grasshopper, house gecko, much else. Captions.