Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_scaevola_taccada
Beach naupaka
Scaevola taccada
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About Beach naupaka
naupaka kahakai is a shrub 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
- Scaevola taccada
- Common names
- Beach naupaka
- Hawaiian names
- Naupaka kahakai
- Family
- Goodeniaceae
- Order
- Asterales
- 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
- Coastal strand · Dunes · Beach 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
- Coastal development, erosion, trampling, invasive plants
- Conservation actions
- Protect and restore strand vegetation
- Monitoring
- Protect and restore strand vegetation
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- naupaka kahakai is a shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
