Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_heteropogon_contortus
Pili grass
Heteropogon contortus
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About Pili grass
pili is a grass in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Heteropogon contortus
- Common names
- Pili grass
- Hawaiian names
- Pili
- Family
- Poaceae
- Order
- Poales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Dry grassland · Dry forest openings
- 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
- Grass
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Invasive grasses, fire regime change, land conversion
- Conservation actions
- Native grassland restoration and fire planning
- Monitoring
- Native grassland restoration and fire planning
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- pili is a grass in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
