Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_styphelia_tameiameiae
Pūkiawe
Styphelia tameiameiae
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About Pūkiawe
pūkiawe 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
- Styphelia tameiameiae
- Hawaiian names
- Pūkiawe
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Order
- Ericales
- 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
- Bogs · Shrubland · Dry to wet uplands
- 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
- Pigs, weeds, fire in dry sites, climate stress
- Conservation actions
- Shrubland protection and recruitment monitoring
- Monitoring
- Shrubland protection and recruitment monitoring
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- pūkiawe is a shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
