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Pu'u pehe (Sweetheart Rock)

Aerial photo
Photo: H. Eijzenga

1.6 acre islet located near Manele / Hulupoe Bay off the south shore of Lana'i.
The islet is part of the State Seabird Sanctuary: access is by permit only to protect the islet's flora and fauna.

Field Accounts: 2-3 April 2007; 2 Nov 2007

Species checklists:

ARTHROPOD
Order: ARANEAE
Family: Araneidae
	Argiope appensa nananana (Garden spider) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	1-Nov-07	Complete survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Order: HOMOPTERA
Family: Margarodidae
	Icerya purchasi anauku (Cottony cushion scale) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	1-Nov-07	Partial survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Pseudococcidae
	Antonina graminis anauku (Grass-root mealybug) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	1-Nov-07	Partial survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
	Ferrisia virgata anauku (Striped mealybug) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	1-Nov-07	Partial survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Order: HYMENOPTERA
Family: Apidae
	Apis mellifera nalo-meli (Honey Bee) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	1-Nov-01	Partial survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Formicidae
	Solenopsis geminata naonao (Fire ant) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	1-Nov-07	Complete survey	Present	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
PLANT
Family: Chenopodiaceae
	Chenopodium murale (Lambs quarters) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	2-Nov-07	Complete survey	Occasional	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
	Chenopodium oahuense Aweoweo Fed:none State:none			Endemic
	2-Nov-07	Complete survey	Rare	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Convolvulaceae
	Ipomoea tuboides Hunakai (Hawaiian moonflower) Fed:none State:none			Endemic
	6-Apr-06	Complete survey	Present	Starr et al 2006
	Merremia aegyptia (Hairy morning glory) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	6-Apr-06	Complete survey	Occasional	Starr et al 2006
Family: Malvaceae
	Abutilon incanum (Hoary abutilon) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	6-Apr-06	Complete survey	Rare	Starr et al 2006
	2-Nov-07	Complete survey	Rare	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
	Sida fallax Ilima (Fanpetals) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	6-Apr-06	Complete survey	Common	Starr et al 2006
	2-Nov-07	Complete survey	Common	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Family: Poaceae
	Cenchrus ciliaris (Buffel grass) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	6-Apr-06	Complete survey	Common	Starr et al 2006
	2-Nov-07	Complete survey	Common	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
	Cenchrus echinatus (Sand bur) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	6-Apr-06	Complete survey	Common	Starr et al 2006
	2-Nov-07	Complete survey	Occasional	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
	Chloris virgata (Feather fingergrass) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	6-Apr-06	Complete survey	Rare	Starr et al 2006
	Panicum xerophilum Kakonakona (Torrid panicgrass) Fed:none State:none			Endemic
	6-Apr-06	Complete survey	Present	Starr et al 2006
Family: Portulacaceae
	Portulaca oleracea (Pigweed) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	6-Apr-06	Complete survey	Common	Starr et al 2006
Family: Sterculiaceae
	Waltheria indica Uhaloa Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	6-Apr-06	Complete survey	Occasional	Starr et al 2006
SEABIRD
Family: Procellaridae
	Bulweria bulweri ou (Bulwer's Petrel) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	1-Mar-77	Opportunistic survey	1 dead individual	Pyle 1978
	2-Nov-07	Opportunistic survey	6 abandoned eggs, dead chicks	Eijzenga & Preston 2008
	Puffinus pacificus chlororhynchus uaukane (Wedge-tailed Shearwater) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	14-Jul-78	Opportunistic survey	2 nests	Walker et al. 1985
	22-Aug-79	Opportunistic survey	2 nests	Walker et al. 1985
	6-Apr-06	Opportunistic survey	dozens of burrows	Starr et al. 2006
	6-Apr-06	Opportunistic survey	dozen or so pairs; many more unoccupied burrows	Starr et al. 2006
	2-Nov-07	Extrapolated	250 chicks	Eijzenga & Preston 2008

Literature Citations:

Anonymous. Maui county's offshore islets general information. Maui County. 2 p.

Coles, S., Giuseffi, L. & Hutchinson, M. 2008. Assessment of species composition, diversity and biomass in marine habitats and subhabitats around offshore islets in the main Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Technical Report 39: 82.

Department of Land and Natural Resources, D.o.F.a.W. 1981. Rules regulating wildlife sanctuaries. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Foresty and Wildlife, Honolulu. 14 p.

Department of Land and Natural Resources, D.o.F.a.W. 1981. Seabird sanctuaries. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 3 p.

Hawaii, S.o. 1969. Geographic names approved, second quarter 1969, p. 8. In: Development, D.o.P.E. (ed.), State of Hawaii8.

Hobdy, R. 1982. The vegetation of Pu'u Pehe Islet. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Maui County. 1 p.

Morin, M. 1982. State Seabird Sanctuary brief legislative history, p. 6. In: Department of Land and Natural Resources, D.o.F.a.W. (ed.), State of Hawaii6.

Pyle, R.L. 1978. Recent observations of birds August to November. 'Elepaio 38(9): 2.

Starr, F., Starr, K. & Wood, K. 2006. Lana'i offshore islets botanical survey. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Divsion of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 57 p.

Walker, R. 1978. Named islands, islets, rocks, sandspits in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Department of Land and Natural Resources: Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 16 p.

Walker, R.L., Hirai, L.T. & Woodside, D.H. 1985. Seabird survey of the Lana'i Pali coast. 'Elepaio 46: 6.

Whittow, G.C. 1997. Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus), p. 35. In: Gill, A.P.a.F. (ed.), The Birds of North America. Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA305.

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