ST PE T Barbados Gooseberry ER Please Call AL 553-5236 Photo by ARC-PPRI. Photographs by TNC Hawaii What is it? Why is it a What is MoMISC What can you do? • Barbados gooseberry problem in doing? • Do not grow Barbados (Pereskia aculeata) is gooseberry. Hawaii? • The Molokai/Maui a cactus from the West Invasive Species • If left unchecked, Indies that is invading Committee is a multi- • Learn to identify invasive Barbados gooseberry Hawaii. sector partnership species in the MoMISC can form a dense fighting to protect brochure. canopy that quickly • Gooseberry appears Molokai from invasive smothers out native as an erect woody plants and animals that • Call MoMISC at 553-5236 vegetation under a liana when young, and threaten our if you see Barbados solid blanket of later a thorny vine that environment, economy, gooseberry anywhere on vines. can climb up trees. and quality of life. Molokai. • It forms dense, spiny • The 2-4 inch long, eye- • MoMISC prevents new • Grow native plants thickets and litter shaped leaves are a invasive species from instead of non-native which are miserable dark glossy green. becoming established on plants. Encourage your for hikers and Molokai through friends to do the same. hunters. • It is covered in clusters education and outreach. of long slender spines • Before purchasing a (1-2 inches long). • Plants can spread • MoMISC works with the plant, check if it is through seeds or community to control invasive. You can ask • The flowers are white, various plant parts invasive species on your nursery, call yellowish or pinkish. (leaves, stems, etc). private and public MoMISC for assistance, property. or check http:// • The 1/2-3/4 inch wide www.state.hi.us/dlnr/ fruits are round or oval dofaw/hortweeds/ and yellow, orange, or specieslist.htm red in color. • For more information, visit our website, http:// www.hear.org/ AlienSpeciesInHawaii/ 23 Pueo Place, Molokai Industrial Park P.O. Box 220, Kualapuu, HI 96757 Phone: (808) 553-5236 Fax: (808) 553-9870 Email: [email protected] Website: www.hear.org/momisc/ 10/04 .