Hawaiian tropical dry forests have a dominant tree species of which tree in the pea family?
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Hawaiian tropical dry forests The Hawaiian tropical dry forests are a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Hawaiian Islands. They cover an area of 6600 km2 on the leeward side of the main islands and the summits of Niʻ ihau and Kahoʻ olawe. These forests are either seasonal or sclerophyllous. Annual rainfall is less than 127 cm and may be as low as 25 cm ; the rainy season lasts from November to March. Dominant tree species include koa ("Acacia koa"), koaiʻ a ("A. koaia"), ʻ akoko ("Euphorbia" spp.), ʻ ōhiʻ a lehua ("Metrosideros polymorpha"), lonomea ("Sapindus oahuensis"), māmane ("Sophora chrysophylla"), loulu ("Pritchardia" spp.), lama ("Diospyros sandwicensis"), olopua ("Nestegis sandwicensis"), wiliwili ("Erythrina sandwicensis"), and ʻ iliahi ("Santalum" spp.). Endemic plant species in the dry forests include hau heleʻ ula ("Kokia cookei"), uhiuhi ("Caesalpinia kavaiensis"), and "Gouania" spp. The palila ("Loxioides bailleui"), a Hawaiian honeycreeper, is restricted to this type of habitat.
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Acacia koa Acacia koa is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, where it is the second most common tree. The highest populations are on Hawaiʻ i, Maui and Oʻ ahu. Its name in the Hawaiian language, koa, also means brave, bold, fearless, or warrior.
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Isoberlinia doka Isoberlinia doka is a hardwood tree native to African tropical savannas and Guinean forest-savanna mosaic dry forests where it can form single species stands. The tree is exploited for its economic value as a commercial timber. The leaves and shoots of the tree dominate the diet of the Giant Eland in its range. The tree is a host plant for "Anaphe moloneyi" (superfamily Thaumetopoeidae) one of the caterpillars that produces a wild silk, sayan, local to parts of Nigeria.
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Hawaiian hibiscus Hawaiian hibiscus are seven species of hibiscus regarded as native to Hawaii. The yellow hibiscus is Hawaii's state flower. Although tourists regularly associate the hibiscus flower within experiences visiting the US state of Hawaii, and the plant family Malvaceae includes a relatively large number of species that are native to the Hawaiian Islands, those flowers regularly observed by tourists are generally not the native hibiscus flowers. Most commonly grown as ornamental plants in the Islands are the Chinese hibiscus ("Hibiscus rosa-sinensis") and its numerous hybrids.
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Mimosa hamata Mimosa hamata (Hindi:Alāy shrub (अलाय) is a species of flowering shrub in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Thar desert of the Indian subcontinent.
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Pleomele halapepe Pleomele halapepe, the royal hala pepe, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to the island of Oʻ ahu in Hawaiʻ i. It inhabits dry, coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 180 – . It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Bauhinia monandra Bauhinia monandra is a species of leguminous trees, of the Fabaceae family. Common names include pink bauhinia, orchid tree, and Napoleon’s plume. Naturally they grow in Madagascar, but have naturalised in Burma, Australia, Christmas Island, the Caribbean, southern USA and the Pacific Islands.
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Hakea Hakea (pincushion tree) is a genus of 149 species of shrubs and small trees in the Proteaceae, native to Australia. They are found throughout the country, with the highest species diversity being found in the south west of Western Australia.
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Rumex skottsbergii Rumex skottsbergii, or more commonly known as lava dock, is a shrub of the genus "Rumex". It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known as pawale . Pawale is often one of the first plants to be found on fresh lava flows and grows in extremely arid conditions.
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Hibiscus tiliaceus Hibiscus tiliaceus is a species of flowering tree in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is native to the Old World tropics. Common names include sea hibiscus, beach hibiscus, coastal (or coast) hibiscus, coastal (or coast) cottonwood, green cottonwood, native hibiscus, native rosella, cottonwood hibiscus, kurrajong, sea rosemallow, balibago (Tagalog),malabago (Cebuano - Southern), maribago (Cebuano - Northern),bhendi (Marathi), waru (Indonesian), hau (Hawaiian), fau (Samoan), purau (Tahitian), and vau tree. The specific epithet, ""tiliaceus"", refers to its resemblance to the related "Tilia" species.
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Wikstroemia hanalei Wikstroemia hanalei, the lavafield false ohelo, is a shrub, of the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to the Hawaiian Islands, specifically Kauai.
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Thespesia populnea Thespesia populnea, commonly known as the Indian tulip tree, Pacific rosewood, or Portia tree , is species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is a small tree or arborescent shrub that has a pantropical distribution, found on coasts around the world. However, the Portia tree is probably native only to the Old World, and may have originated in India. Nowadays, its wood is mainly used in making furniture because of its good ability to undergo carving. The wood from the tree was used by early Tamil people to make instruments in ancient Tamilakam. It is possibly indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere in the Pacific, but may have been spread by early Polynesians for its useful wood and bast fibres. The Portia tree reaches a height of 6 - tall and a trunk diameter of 20 - . It grows at elevations from sea level to 275 m in areas that receive 500 - of annual rainfall. The Portia tree is able to grow in the wide range of soil types that may be present in coastal environments, including soils derived from quartz (sand), limestone, and basalt; it favours neutral soils (pH of 6–7.4).
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Lathyrus torreyi Lathyrus torreyi (also known as Torrey's peavine and redwood pea) is a perennial legume native to wooded regions of the West Coast of the United States. It ranges from as far north as Pierce County, Washington and south to Monterey, California. It sprouts bluish flowers that range from 8 to 13 millimeters in length.
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Osteomeles anthyllidifolia Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, commonly called ʻ Ūlei, eluehe, uʻ ulei, Hawaiian rose, or Hawaiian hawthorn, is a species of flowering shrub in the rose family, Rosaceae, that is indigenous to Hawaiʻ i (all islands but "Kahoʻ olawe" and "Niʻ ihau"), the Cook Islands, Tonga, Pitcairn Island, and Rapa Iti, Taiwan and the Ryukyu islands of Japan.
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Metrosideros Metrosideros is a genus of approximately 60 trees, shrubs, and vines mostly found in the Pacific region in the Myrtaceae family. Most of the tree forms are small, but some are exceptionally large, the New Zealand species in particular. The name derives from the Ancient Greek "metra" or "heartwood" and "sideron" or "iron". Perhaps the best-known species are the pōhutukawa ("M. excelsa"), northern rātā ("M. robusta"), and southern rātā ("M. umbellata") of New Zealand, and "ʻ ōhiʻ a lehua", ("M. polymorpha"), from the Hawaiian Islands.
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Pritchardia hardyi Pritchardia hardy, the Makaleha pritchardia, is a species of palm tree that is endemic to moist forests on the island of Kauaʻ i at elevations below 2000 ft . The trunk of this fast-growing species reaches a height of 80 ft , with a diameter of 1 ft . Its leaves are 3 ft in length. In 1998 only 30 individuals remained in the wild along a single trail on Kauai. This is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.
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Falcataria moluccana Falcataria moluccana, commonly known as the Moluccan albizia, is a species of fast-growing tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to Maluku Islands, New Guinea Island, the Bismarck Archipelago (in Papua New Guinea), and the Solomon Islands. It is cultivated for timber throughout South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. This tree is considered to be invasive in Hawaii, American Samoa and several other island nations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is about 30m tall tree in nature with a massive trunk and an open crown.
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Gastrolobium leakeanum Gastrolobium leakeanum commonly known as mountain pea is a plant in the pea family Fabaceae growing as an erect or sprawling shrub to about 2 metres (1.5 ft) high with red to orange–yellow flowers in spring. It is endemic to a limited area of the south–west of Western Australia.
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Nestegis sandwicensis Nestegis sandwicensis, commonly known as Hawai'i olive' or olopua, is a species of flowering tree in the olive family, Oleaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is found on all major islands at elevations of 30 – in coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests, and, especially, dry forests. It usually reaches a height of 6 m with a trunk diameter of 0.2 m , but may reach 20 m in height with a trunk diameter of 0.9 m .
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Nothocestrum breviflorum Nothocestrum breviflorum, commonly known as smallflower ʻ aiea, is a species of tree in the nightshade family, Solanaceae, that is endemic to the island of Hawaiʻ i. It inhabits dry and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 180 - . These forests are dominated by ʻ ōhiʻ a lehua ("Metrosideros polymorpha") and koa ("Acacia koa") or lama ("Diospyros sandwicensis"), while plants associated with smallflower ʻ aiea include wiliwili ("Erythrina sandwicensis") and uhiuhi ("Caesalpinia kavaiensis"). "N. breviflorum" reaches a height of 10 - . It is threatened by habitat loss. It is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States. There are fewer than 50 individuals remaining.
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Āulu Āulu is a Hawaiian name for several species of tree found in mesic forests:
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Freycinetia arborea Freycinetia arborea, ʻ Ieʻ ie, is a densely branched, brittle, woody climber in the family Pandanaceae, endemic to the Pacific Islands. "ʻ Ieʻ ie" is found in moist forest on the Hawaiian, Marquesas, Austral, Society, and Cook Islands. It grows into the forest canopy, attaching itself to a host tree using aerial roots. It may also grow as a sprawling tangle on the forest floor. The shiny green leaves have pointed ends and are spiny on the lower side of the midrib and along the edges. Leaves measure 40 - long and 1 - wide, and are spirally arranged around the ends of branches. Flowers form on spike-like inflorescences at the end of branches, and are either staminate or pistillate. Staminate spikes are yellowish-white and up to 10 cm in length. Pistillate spikes are 3 - but elongate to 7.5 - once fruit are produced. Three to four spikes are surrounded by orange-salmon bracts. Fruit is 1 cm long and contains many 1.5 mm seeds. The bracts and fruit of the "ʻ ieʻ ie" were a favorite food of the "ʻ ōʻ ū" ("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. It is also a favored food of the "ʻ alalā" ("Corvus hawaiiensis"), which is currently extinct in the wild.