Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_saccharum_officinarum
Sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum
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About Sugarcane
kō is a grass crop in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is polynesian introduction.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Saccharum officinarum
- Common names
- Sugarcane
- Hawaiian names
- Kō
- Family
- Poaceae
- Order
- Poales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Polynesian introduction
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Cultural gardens · Historic plantations · Disturbed lowlands
- 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 crop
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Cultivar loss, land-use legacy, invasive cane/grass confusion
- Conservation actions
- Track cultivar versus plantation/historical cover
- Monitoring
- Track cultivar versus plantation/historical cover
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- kō is a grass crop in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is polynesian introduction.
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