Namolokama

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Namolokama

• Kamehameha Schools
• Halelea Forest Reserve
• Plateau around 4,000-4,400ft elevation
• Plateau 370 acres with bogs concentrating in
  Southwest portion
• 2.5 km by 1.1 km

Wood, 2000
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Threats

• Pigs and Goats disturbing bogs
• Clidemia hirta var. hirta
• Cyathea cooperi
• Juncus planifolius
• Axonopus fissifolius
• Cyperus meyenianus
• Rubus rosifolius
• Setaria gracilis

Wood, 2000
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Birds

• Apapane (Himatione sanguinea)
• amakihi (Hemignathus virens)
• elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis)
• koloa-maoli (Anas wyvilliana)
• Hawaiian pueo (Asio flammeus
• sandwichensis)
• kolea (Pluvialis fulva)

Wood, 2000
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Rare Plants of Namolokama

• Lagenifera erici and L. helenae (Candidate)
• Melicope cruciata (SOC)
• Eurya sandwicensis (SOC)
• Myrsine petiolata
• Cyrtandra cyaneoides (E)

Wood, 2000
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Bogs

• Lagenifera erici and L. helenae (Candidate)
• Melicope cruciata (SOC)
• Juncus planifolius and Axonopus fissifolius
• Rare bog species not found in surveyed Alakai
  Plateau bogs

Wood, Perlman, 1995
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References

• Wood, K. 2000. Lumahai, Namolokama and Laau Ridge
  Kauai, Hawaii. Personal Observations and
  Checklist of Vascular Plants with Topographical
  Mapping, Prepared for Kamehameha Schools and the
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Perlman, S., K. Wood, 1995. Kauai Bog Report.
  National Tropical Botanical Garden