Hamakua

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Hamakua
Hamakua Biologically Important Area
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Ecosystems/Natural Communities

• Montane Wet and Lowland Wet
• HFBS Koa-Ohia Closed and Open with native
  shrubs, tree ferns, matted ferns, and strawberry
  guava. Open ohia scrub, matted ferns and
  introduced grasses.
• HI-GAP
• Koa Timber Botanical Report

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Streams

• Hawaiian Watershed Atlas
• Native Rating for Streams
• Kapue 4
• Pahoehoe 8
• Paukaa 6
• Honolii 8
• Hawaii Biological Survey 50 native aquatic
  species, 11 introduced
• Native 1 fish, 48 insects, 1 crustacean

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Invertebrate Survey

• Certain species that defoliate Koa
• Rare species
• Drosophila (few host plants)
• Snails
• SOC Succinea
• SOC Partulina found in Hakalau FWR

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Vertebrates

• Other Native Vertebrates found
• Elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis)
• Omao (Myadestes obscurus)
• Apapane (Himatione sanguinea)
• Endangered
• Io (Buteo solitarius)
• Opeapea (Lasiurus cinereus semotus)
• Habitat for undetected endangered birds
• Newells Shearwater (Puffinus auricularis newelli)
• Akiapolaau (Hemignathus munroi)
• Hawaii Creeper (Oreomystis mana)
• Hawaii Akepa (Loxops coccineus)

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Botanical Surveys

• 31 native plant species
• Endangered Phyllostegia velutina
• 37 native fern species
• 15 Endangered plant species known to occur in
  vicinity of project site
• Wetlands in ohia-uluhe and other natural
  communities
• The entire property might be described as
  complex mosaic of various-sized wetland and
  upland patches (Terry, 2002)

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• Botanical survey noted It appeared possible that
  there were no forested areas left on this
  property that have not been disturbed by pigs and
  invaded to varying degrees by strawberry guava,
  palmgrass, Tibouchina, and other noxious plants
  (Terry, 2002)

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References

• Terry, R. 2002. Koa Timber Botanical Report (With
  Observations on Avian Fauna). Geometrician
  Associates.
• Montgomery, S. 2002. Survey of Terrestrial
  Invertebrate Resources (Insects, Mollusks, and
  Arthropods), mid-slope Mauna Kea, South Hilo
  District, Island of Hawaii. Montane Matters.
• David, R. 2002. An Analysis of Endangered
  Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Management Issues
  for the Proposed Koa Timber Project, South Hilo
  District, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii. Rana
  Productions, Ltd.
• Englund, R., D. Preston, G. Samuelson, K.
  Arakaki, N. Evanhuis. 2002. Aquatic Organism
  Study for the Koa Timber Commercial Forestry
  Operation, South Hilo District, County of
  Hawaii. Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop
  Museum.