Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_dubautia_laxa
Naenae
Dubautia laxa
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naenae is a shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is endemic.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Dubautia laxa
- Hawaiian names
- Naenae
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Order
- Asterales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Montane shrubland · Bog margins · Wet forest edges
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Weeds, ungulates, climate shift, fire in dry sites
- Conservation actions
- Protect shrubland, monitor flowering/recruitment
- Monitoring
- Protect shrubland, monitor flowering/recruitment
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- naenae is a shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is endemic.