Archives: Native Plants

ʻOhe Makai (Polyscias sandwicensis)

ʻOhe makai growing with its distinctive crown of large, stiff compound leaves. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 US). Polyscias sandwicensis,

Kōpiko (Psychotria mariniana)

Kōpiko’s glossy, leathery leaves and branched flower clusters at the tips of its branches. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 US).

Alani (Melicope clusiifolia)

Alani growing as a many-branched shrub along a windswept Maui ridge, its leaves held in distinctive whorls. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr (Wikimedia Commons, CC

Tucker Oak (Quercus john-tuckeri)

A dense Tucker oak thicket at Vasquez Rocks Natural Area, its gray-green leaves packed tightly on wiry branches. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, via Wikimedia Commons

Pacific Scrub Oak (Quercus pacifica)

Pacific scrub oak forms dense, low thickets on the slopes of Santa Cruz Island. Photo: Awinch1001, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Quercus pacifica, the

Coast Sandalwood (Santalum ellipticum)

Coast sandalwood growing in dry coastal shrubland on Maui, its pale blue-green leaves distinguishing it from surrounding vegetation. Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, via Wikimedia

Sitka Willow (Salix sitchensis)

Sitka Willow’s silky, silver-backed leaves along Willapa National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Chris Light, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Salix sitchensis, known as Sitka Willow (also

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