Kauaʻi record · KCA-HAB-0017
Dry cliff / canyon-cliff vegetation
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About Dry cliff / canyon-cliff vegetation
Dry cliff / canyon-cliff vegetation is a documented Kauaʻi habitat type in the terrestrial system.
Kauaʻi evidence
Classification/source support: SRC-HAB-002, SRC-HAB-004, SRC-HAB-010
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Not applicable
- Common names
- Dry cliff / canyon-cliff vegetation
- Hawaiian names
- Not assessed
- Record type
- habitat
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Native natural habitat
- Conservation status
- Not formally assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- This record represents an operational habitat class, not every site-specific plant association or mapped polygon.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Dry cliff / canyon-cliff vegetation
- Food and resource needs
- Not applicable
- Reproduction
- Not applicable
- Shelter
- Not applicable
- Substrate
- Exposed basalt/weathered rock
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Invasive plants, ungulates, wildfire, disease, fragmentation, erosion and climate shifts can alter habitat structure and native composition.
- Conservation actions
- Protect habitat extent and connectivity, control invasive species and damaging disturbance, restore native structure/processes, and monitor condition.
- Monitoring
- Track extent, condition, hydrology/physical structure, native/alien composition, disturbance exposure and restoration response.
- Data gaps
- Exact islandwide area, condition and trend may vary by source layer and mapping scale.
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Year-round unless hydrologically seasonal
- Seasonal description
- Dry cliff / canyon-cliff vegetation is a documented Kauaʻi habitat type in the terrestrial system.
Place and watershed context
- Habitat system
- Terrestrial
- Habitat class
- natural
- Moisture regime
- Dry to mesic
- Salinity regime
- Salt spray on sea cliffs
- Water regime
- Terrestrial
- Vegetation structure
- Sparse grass/shrub cliff vegetation