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Pa'alaea

Aerial view
Photo: J. Polhemus

At less than 1 acre in size, Pa'alaea is the smallest islet in a cluster of 3 located off the Kohala Coast. State and/or federal law protects all native plants and wildlife.
The islet is State owned and all native flora and fauna on the islet is protected under State and/or federal law.

Species checklists:

PLANT
Family: Aizoaceae
	Sesuvium portulacastrum Akulikuli Fed:none State:none			Indigenous
	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: Poaceae
	Digitaria ciliaris (Henry's crabgrass) 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: 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:

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

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.

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.

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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