TPSS 634/ARCH 634-Landscape Plants-Identification and Use

Web site provides searchable access to the Cook Islands Biodiversity Database. The database includes information on 4,200 native and introduced species. It includes terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species. Site also includes access to natural heritage articles, Maori dictionary, and a searchable journal article database. Hosted by the Bishop Museum.

From the the Smithsonian Institution, this site provides searchable access to a checklist of Hawaiian vascular plants as well as a searchable image database. It also contains a pdf file of the supplement to the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaiʻi which details taxonomic changes since the publication of the Manual. There is also a link to the Flora of the Marquesas.

From the Smithsonian Institution, this site provides searchable access to a checklist of Marquesan vascular plants as well as a searchable image database. There is also a link to the Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

This Bishop Museum site includes taxonomy and type specimen databases in botany covering native plants, algae and cultivated plants.

Searchable and browseable Web site for propagation information on over 70 endemic and indigenous plants.

Site includes a photo gallery of common plants found on Moorea, including description information and ethnobotanical uses. Also checklists of ferns and fern allies and marine vascular plants and algae. Includes bibliography.

From the Center for Plant Conservation; browse a list or search the database for profiles of endangered plants; includes references.

The Native Plant Network is devoted to the sharing of information on how to propagate native plants of North America (Canada, Mexico, and US). It includes Hawaiʻi and other Pacific Islands.

This site provides access to information on plant taxa that occur in New Zealand. The site combines data from the New Zealand Plant Names Database and the Allan Herbarium Specimen database – providing access to information on the scientific and vernacular names, distribution and collection data, keys, descriptions and images. It currently includes the data for the seed plants, mosses, liverworts, lichens and freshwater algae.

Carlquist discusses his work and provides context for his research. He includes pdf files of many of his publications including some on his work on Hawaiian native plants.

This Web site is based on the book Plants and Environments of the Marshall Islands by Dr. Mark Merlin (1994). Provides information based on vegetation zone and for specific plants by scientific and Marshallese names.

Information for students, researchers, development workers, community leaders, government and non-government agencies and others working on plant identification, conservation and diversity of plants in Papua New Guinea; includes herbarium plant collection database, interactive identification guide to common trees of PNG, information about PNG plant collectors, names of vascular plants of PNG, and pdf files of Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea. This is a collaborative project between the Papua New Guinea National Herbarium (LAE) and the National Herbarium of New South Wales (NSW).

The Aquatic Plant Information Retrieval System (APIRS) database is a free online bibliographic resource devoted to the literature about aquatic, wetland and invasive plants. The database includes annotated citations for more than 71,000 research articles, books and reports about plant ecology, physiology, utilization and control. It includes items in many languages dating back to the 18th century. APIRS is a project of the Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida-IFAS.

(D. Gardner, 1998) Reports on the biocontrol projects of Dr. Donald Gardner formerly in the UH Mānoa Botany Department; includes work on some of Hawaiʻi's most serious invasive plants such as Myrica faya and Miconia calvescens.

One of the most comprehensive information resources available about invasive species in Hawaiʻi. HEAR contains information on many invasive alien plants and animals, including detailed maps of known populations by island. Funded by the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII).

The introduction discusses what makes plant species invasive in Hawaiʻi and how these plants arrive; includes a link to a list of plants listed by botanical name. This Web site is from the Hawaiʻi State Alien Species Coordinator (Department of Land & Natural Resources [DLNR], Division of Forestry & Wildlife [DOFAW]).

Videos on controlling miconia and other weeds of natural areas from Dr. James Leary, CTAHR

(Clifford W. Smith; 1996) Full text of this paper in HTML format; includes discussions of problem alien plants in Hawaiʻi by island and by vegetation zone.

Searchable database of the noxious weed lists for all U.S. states and six southern provinces of Canada. Can be searched by plant name, state name, or by clicking on a map. Supported by the USDA Agricultural Research Service.

Handbook of invasive red, green, and brown algae and seagrasses in Hawaiʻi. Maintained by the Department of Botany, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and supported by the Bishop Museum, National Marine Fisheries Service, Packard Foundation, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (See Guidebook of Introduced Marine Species of Hawaiʻi for companion Web site.)

Reports on invasive plant species in American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Kiribati, Niue, Palau, Samoa, and Tonga. Produced by the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA.

(Mandy Tu, Callie Hurd, & John M. Randall; 2001 Published by The Nature Conservancy's Wildland Invasive Species Program, the handbook covers both manual and chemical controls. Each chapter available separately as Word or pdf file many of which have been updated since the original publication; entire manual available in pdf and zip formats.

Searchable database as well as lists by genus and species for risk assessments of about 200 introduced plants. Developed by Dr. Curt Daehler, Botany Department, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

by P. Motooka, L. Castro, D. Nelson, G. Nagai, and L. Ching. ©2003, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. This book includes a quick visual key to help quickly identify weedy trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and grasses found in Hawaiʻi. Individual fact sheets from the publication are available in pdf format at this URL.