Plants by Landscape Uses: Erosion control

32 plant profiles in this landscape uses category.

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Acacia koa

Koa

Koa

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Tree 📏 Tree, Small, 15 to 30

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Bacopa monnieri

ʻAeʻae

Baby tears, Dwarf bacopa, Water hyssop, Waterhyssop

No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Moist 💧 Wet ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Carex alligata

Hawaiʻi sedge

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 💧 Wet ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 📏 Grass-like, Tall, Greater than or equal to 2.5

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Cenchrus agrimonioides

Kāmanomano, Kūmanomano

Agrimony sandbur, Laysan agrimony sandbur, Sandbur

Endemic Federally Listed
🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 🏝️ Lānaʻi 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Grass-like, Medium, 1 to 2.5

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Cladium jamaicense

ʻUki

Jamaica sawgrass, Saw Grass, Saw-grass, Sawgrass

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 💧 Wet ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 📏 Grass-like, Tall, Greater than or equal to 2.5

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Colubrina asiatica

Kauila kukuku, Kauila ʻānapanapa, Kolokolo, Kukuku, ʻĀnapanapa

Asian nakedwood, Asiatic snakewood, Latherleaf

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 🌿 Sprawling Shrub 📏 Shrub, Tall, Greater than 10

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Cyclosorus interruptus

Neke

Swamp cyclosorus, Willdenow's maiden fern

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 💧 Wet ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Fern/Fern-like, Medium, 1 to 3

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Cyperus javanicus

ʻAhuʻawa, ʻEhuʻawa

Java sedge, Javanese flatsedge, Marsh cyperus

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 📏 Grass-like, Medium, 1 to 2.5

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Cyperus laevigatus

Ehuʻawa, Makaloa, Makoloa

Smooth flatsedge

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 💧 Wet ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Grass-like, Medium, 1 to 2.5

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Dodonaea viscosa

Kūmakani, ʻAʻaliʻi, ʻAʻaliʻi kū ma kua, ʻAʻaliʻi kū makani

Hawaiian hopseed bush, Hopbush, Hopseed, Sticky hop bush, Woolly-fruited hopseed

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 🌿 Sprawling Shrub 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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Eleocharis obtusa

Kohekohe, Pīpīwai

Blunt spikerush, Spikerush

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 💧 Wet ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 📏 Grass-like, Short, Less than 1

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Eragrostis atropioides

Hard-stem lovegrass, Hard-stemmed lovegrass, Hardstem lovegrass, Lovegrass

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 🏝️ Lānaʻi 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Grass-like, Medium, 1 to 2.5

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Eragrostis variabilis

Kalamālō, Kāwelu, ʻEmoloa

Lovegrass, Variable lovegrass

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Grass-like, Medium, 1 to 2.5

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Fimbristylis dichotoma

Forked fimbry

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 💧 Wet ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 📏 Grass-like, Short, Less than 1

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Heteropogon contortus

Lule, Pili

Pili grass, Spear grass, Tanglehead, Twisted beardgrass

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 📏 Grass-like, Short, Less than 1

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Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis

Puhuehue, Pōhuehue

Bayhops, Beach morning glory, Goat foot, Goat's foot, Goats foot, Railroad vine

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Jacquemontia sandwicensis

Kaupoʻo, Kākuaohiʻiaka, Pāʻū o Hiʻiaka, Pāʻūohiʻiaka

Oval-leaf clustervine

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 🌿 Vine 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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Jacquemontia sandwicensis

Kaupoʻo, Kākuaohiʻiaka, Pāʻū o Hiʻiaka, Pāʻūohiʻiaka

Oval-leaf clustervine

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Lipochaeta integrifolia

Nehe

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 🌿 Partially Woody / Shrub-like 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Lipochaeta succulenta

Nehe

Seaside nehe

Endemic No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Herbaceous, Medium, 1-3

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Nephrolepis cordifolia

Kupukupu

Fishbone fern, Narrow swordfern, Sword fern

No Status
🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Fern/Fern-like, Medium, 1 to 3

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Osteomeles anthyllidifolia

Eluehe, Uʻulei, ʻŪlei

Hawaiian hawthorn, Hawaiian rose

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Sprawling Shrub 🌿 Shrub 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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Pandanus tectorius

Hala, Pū hala

Hawaiian screwpine, Pandan, Pandanus, Screw pine, Screwpine

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Shrub 🌿 Tree 📏 Shrub, Tall, Greater than 10

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Plumbago zeylanica

ʻIlieo, Hilieʻe, Lauhihi, ʻIlieʻe, ʻIliheʻe

White leadwort, Wild leadwort

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Scaevola taccada

Aupaka, Huahekili, Naupaka, Naupaka kahakai, Naupaka kai

Beach naupaka, Naupaka

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Shrub 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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Sesuvium portulacastrum

ʻĀkulikuli

Sea purslane, Sea-purslane, Seaside purslane, Shoreline sea-purslane, Shoreline seapurslane

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Sida fallax

ʻIlima

ʻIlima

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Sprawling Shrub 🌿 Shrub 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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Sporobolus virginicus

Mahiki, Māhikihiki, Mānienie, Mānienie maoli, Mānienie māhikihiki, Mānienie ʻakiʻaki, ʻAki, ʻAkiʻaki

Beach dropseed, Saltgrass, Sand couch, Seashore dropseed, Seashore rush grass, Seashore rushgrass

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry 💧 Moist ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Clumping 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 📏 Grass-like, Short, Less than 1

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Vigna marina

Lemuomakili, Mohihihi, Nanea, Nenea, Pūhili, Pūhilihili, Pūlihilihi, Wahine ʻōmaʻo, ʻŌkolemakili

Beach pea, Notched cowpea

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 🏝️ Molokaʻi 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun ☀️ Partial sun 🌿 Non-Woody, Spreading 🌿 Vine/Liana 📏 Herbaceous, Short, Less than 1

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Vitex rotundifolia

Hinahina kolo, Kolokolo kahakai, Mānawanawa, Mānewanewa, Māwanawana, Pōhinahina, Pōlinalina

Beach vitex, Round-leaf chastetree, Round-leaf vitex

Indigenous No Status
🏝️ Niʻihau 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🏝️ Oʻahu 💧 Dry ☀️ Full sun 🌿 Sprawling Shrub 📏 Shrub, Dwarf, Less than 2

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