Offshore Islet Project

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Moku puku

Aerial view
Photo: J. Polhemus

2 acre islet located off the Kohala Coast in a cluster of three islets.
The islet is part of the State Seabird Sanctuary: access is by permit only to protect the islet's flora and fauna.

Species checklists:

PLANT
Family: Aizoaceae
	Sesuvium portulacastrum Akulikuli Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
Family: Anacardiaceae
	Schinus terebinthifolius (Christmasberry) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
Family: Caryophyllaceae
	Schiedea globosa Maolioli Fed:none State:none			Endemic
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
Family: Chenopodiaceae
	Chenopodium oahuense Aweoweo Fed:none State:none			Endemic
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
Family: Euphorbiaceae
	Chamaesyce celastroides var. amplectens Akoko Fed:none State:none			Endemic
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
Family: Papavaraceae
	Argemone glauca var. glauca Pua kala Fed:none State:none			Endemic
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
Family: Poaceae
	Digitaria ciliaris (Henry's crabgrass) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
	Eragrostis variabilis Emoloa, kawelu Fed:none State:none			Endemic
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
Family: Portulacaceae
	Portulaca lutea ihi (Purslane) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
	Portulaca oleracea (Pigweed) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
Family: Rosaceae
	Osteomeles anthyllidifolia Ulei (Hawai'i hawthorn) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
Family: Rubiaceae
	Morinda citrifolia Noni Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
Family: Verbenaceae
	Lantana camara (Lantana) Fed:none State:none			Adventive
	14-Apr-05	Complete survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
SEABIRD
Family: Laridae
	Anous minutus melanogenys noio (Black Noddy) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	14-Apr-05	Opportunistic survey	Present	Wood & Polhemus 2005
Family: Phaethontidae
	Phaethon lepturus dorotheae koae-kea (White-tailed Tropicbird) Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	14-Apr-05	Opportunistic survey	nesting?	Wood & Polhemus 2005

Literature Citations:

Altonn, H. 1977. Seabird refuge established. Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1977 (October 22, 1977): A101.

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.

Macdonald, G.A., Abbott, A.T. & Peterson, F.L. 1983. Volcanoes in the sea: the geology of Hawaii. Second. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 528 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.

Starr, F., Starr, K. & Wood, K. 2006. Maui offshore islet botanical survey. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu. 124 p.

Tomich, P.Q. 1986. Mammals in Hawai'i. 2. Bishop Musuem Press, Honolulu, HI. 375 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.

Wood, K.R. & Polhemus, J. 2005. Notes on the offshore islets of Paokalani, Mokupuku & Pa'alaea: Big Island, Hawai'i April 2005. Dept. of Land and Natural Resources: Division of Forestry and Wildlife Offshore Islet Restoration Committee, 4 p.

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