Zone-Specific Native and Polynesian Plants for Maui County

Zone-specific Native and Polynesian plants for Maui County

Zone 4

• Lower elevations • Wetter due to proximity to mountains • 1000 to 3000 feet in elevation • Images of many native Hawaiian plants available on the University of Hawaii Botany Department web site

F=Fern G=Grass Gr=Ground Cover Sh=Shrub TYPE: P=Palm S=Sedge T=Tree V=Vine

Water Type Scientific Name Common Name Height Spread Elevation req. Artemisia mauiensis Maul wormwood, 1,000' to dry to Sh 2' 3' var. diffusa 'ahinahina higher medium Bidens sea to dry to Sh hillebrandiana ssp. ko'oko'olau 1' 2' 1,000' wet hillebrandiana Bidens menziesii ssp. Sh ko'oko'olau 1' 3' menziesii Bidens micrantha Sh ko'oko'olau 1' 3' ssp. micrantha Sh Cordyline fruticosa ti, ki 6' Dianella 1,000' to dry to Sh 'uki 2' 2' sandwicensis higher medium sea to dry to Sh Lipochaeta lavarum nehe 3' 3' 3,000' medium Sh Osteomeles 'ulei, eluehe 4' 6' sea to dry to anthyllidifolia 3,000' medium naupaka, sea to dry to Sh Scaevola sericea 6' 8' naupaka-kahakai 1,000' medium 'akia, beach dry to Sh Solanum nelsonii 3' 3' sea to 1,00' solanum medium Styphelia 1,000' to dry to Sh pukiawe 6' 16' tameiameiae higher medium sea to dry to Sh Vitex rotundifolia pohinahina 3' 4' 1,000' medium Wikstroemia uva- 'akia, Molokai Sh ursi kauaiensis osmanthus Sh - Broussonetia wauke, paper sea to dry to 8' 6' T papyrifera mulberry 1,000' medium Sh - Myoporum naio, false sea to dry to 10' 10' T sandwicense sandalwood higher medium Sh - Nototrichium sea to dry to kulu'i 8' 8' T sandwicense 3,000' medium Sh - sea to dry to Dodonaea viscosa 'a'ali'i 6' 8' T higher medium 50' - 40' - 1,500' to dry to T Acacia koa koa 100' 80' 4,000' medium sea to medium T Aleurites moluccana kukui, candlenut 50' 50' 3,000' to wet kamani, Calophyllum sea to medium T alexandrian 60' 40' inophyllum 3,000' to wet laurel Alahe'e, 'ohe'e, sea to dry to T Canthium odoratum 12' 8' walahe'e 3,000' medium T Charpentiera obovata 15' sea to dry to T Cordia subcordata kou 30' 25' 1,000' wet Diospyros sea to dry to T lama 12' 15' sandwicensis 3,000' medium 'akiohala, hau- T Hibiscus furcellatus 8' hele Metrosideros sea to dry to T polymorpha var. ohia lehua 25' 25' 1,000' wet macrophylla indian mulberry, sea to dry to T Morinda citdfolia 20' 15' noni 1,000' wet sea to dry to F Psilotum nudum moa, moa kula 1' 1' 3,000' wet 'ama'u, F Sadleria cyatheoides ama'uma'u sea to dry to G Colubrina asiatica 'anapanapa 3' 10' 1,000' wet sea to dry to G Eragrostis monticola kalamalo 1' 12' 3,000' medium sea to dry to G Eragrostis variabilis 'emo-loa 1' 2' 3,000' medium Fimbristylis cymesa mau'u'aki'aki sea to dry to G 0.5' 1' ssp. spathacea fimbristylis 1,000' medium Chamaesyce sea to dry to Gr celastroides var. 'akoko 2' 3' 1,000' medium laehiensis Hawaiian moon sea to dry to Gr Ipomoea tuboides 1' 10' flower, 'uala 3,000' medium Jacquemontia sea to dry to Gr ovalifolia ssp. pa'u o hi'iaka 0.5' 6' 1,000' medium sandwicensis Lipochaeta dry to Gr nehe 1' 5' sea to 1,00' integrifolia medium Peperomia sea to dry to Gr 'ala'ala-wai-nui 1' 1' leptostachya 3,000' medium Gr Plumbago zeylanica 'ilie'e 1' sea to dry to Gr Sida fallax 'ilima 0.5' 3' 1,000' medium Tephrosia purpurea sea to dry to Gr 'auhuhu 2' 2' var. purpurea 1,000' medium Gr - ma'o hau hele, sea to dry to Hibiscus calyphyllus 3' 2' Sh Rock's hibiscus 3,000' medium Gr - sea to dry to Lipochaeta rockii nehe 2' 2' Sh 3,000' medium Gr - Lipochaeta sea to dry to nehe 2' 5' Sh succulenta 1,000' wet P Cocos nucifera coconut, niu 100' 30' sea to dry to 1,000' wet 1,000' to dry to P Pritchardia arecina Io'ulu, hawane 40' 10' 3,000' wet Pritchardia P Io'ulu 15' forbesiana Pritchardia sea to dry to P Io'ulu, fan palm 25' 15' hillebrandii 1,000' wet marsh cypress, sea to dry to S Mariscus javanicus 0.5' 0.5' 'ahu'awa 1,000' medium Argemone glauca sea to dry to Sh pua kala 3' 2' var. decipfens 3,000' medium sea to dry to Sh Artemisla australis 'ahinahina 2' 3' 3,000' medium Nestegis 1,000' to dry to T olopua 15' 15' sandwicensis 3,000' medium hala, puhala sea to dry to T Pandanus tectorius 35' 25' (HALELIST) 1,000' wet Pleomele T halapepe 20' auwahiensis Rauvolfia sea to dry to T hao 20' 15' sandwicensis 3,000' medium coastal sea to dry to T Santalum ellipticurn sandalwood, 'ili- 8' 8' 3,000' medium ahi Sophora 1,000' to T mamane 15' 15' medium chrysophylla 3,000' sea to dry to T Thespesia populnea milo 30' 30' 3,000' wet sea to medium V Alyxia oliviformis maile vine 6,000' to wet "By Water All Things Find Life"

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This page was last updated on October 22, 2003.