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'Ale'ale
'Ale'ale
View from Pu'u koa'e
Photo: H. Eijzenga

3 acre islet located on the south shore of Kaho'olawe west of Kamohio Bay. The islet is connected to Kaho'olawe by a narrow bridge.
The islet is State owned and co-managed with the Kaho'olawe Island Restoration Commission. Permission to access the islet is requred from KIRC to protect the islet's flora and fauna.
Field Accounts: 26 Mar 2008
Species checklists:
ARTHROPOD
 Order: ARANEAE
  Family: Araneidae
    Argiope appensa nananana (Garden spider) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
 Order: COLEOPTERA
  Family: Chrysomelidae
    Epitrix hirtipennis none (Tobacco flea-beetle) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
  Family: Coccinellidae
    Diomus notescens none (Minute Two-spotted Ladybird ) Fed:none State:noneIntroduced
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Micraspis lineola none (Coccinellid beetle) Fed:none State:noneIntroduced
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
 Order: HETEROPTERA
  Family: Lygaeidae
    Neacoryphus bicrucis none (Whitecrossed seed bug) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
  Family: Pentatomidae
    Nezara viridula none (Southern green stink bug) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
  Family: Tingidae
    Corythucha morrilli none (Morrill lace bug) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
 Order: HOMOPTERA
  Family: Membracidae
    Vanduzea segmentata none (Vanduzee treehopper) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
 Order: HYMENOPTERA
  Family: Anthophoridae
    Ceratina arizonensis nalo-nui (Small carpenter bee) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
  Family: Colletidae
    Hylaeus sp. none (Yellow-faced Bee) Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
 Order: LEPIDOPTERA
  Family: Sphingidae
    Hyles lineata none (White-lined sphinx) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
 Order: MANTODEA
  Family: Mantidae
    indet. (Mantidae) none (Praying mantis) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
 Order: THYSANURA
  Family: Lepismatidae
    Ctenolepisma sp. none (Bristletail) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Present Eijzenga & Preston 2008
PLANT
  Family: Aizoaceae
    Sesuvium portulacastrum Akulikuli Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
  Family: Asteraceae
    Bidens mauiensis Kookoolau (Maui Beggartick) Fed:none State:SOCEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Occasional Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    Conyza bonariensis (Hairy horseweed) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    Emilia fosbergii Pualele (Flora's paintbrush) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Rare Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Melanthera integrifolia Nehe Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    Melanthera lavarum Nehe Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Occasional Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Occasional Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Sonchus oleraceus Pualele (Sow thistle) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
  Family: Boraginaceae
    Heliotropium curassavicum Nena (salt heliotrope) Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
  Family: Capparaceae
    Capparis sandwichiana Maiapilo Fed:none State:SOCEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Occasional Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Rare Eijzenga & Preston 2008
  Family: Chenopodiaceae
    Atriplex semibaccata (Australian saltbush) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Rare Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Chenopodium murale (Lambs quarters) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
  Family: Convolvulaceae
    Ipomoea tuboides Hunakai (Hawaiian moonflower) Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Common Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Jacquemontia ovalifolia subsp. sandwicensis Pau o Hiiaka Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
    Merremia aegyptia (Hairy morning glory) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
  Family: Cuscutaceae
    Cuscuta sandwichiana Kaunaoa (Dodder) Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Rare Wood 2000
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Rare Eijzenga & Preston 2008
  Family: Cyperaceae
    Cyperus phleoides (Cyperus) Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
  Family: Euphorbiaceae
    Chamaesyce celastroides var. amplectens Akoko Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Occasional Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Occasional Eijzenga & Preston 2008
  Family: Fabaceae
    Kanaloa kahoolawensis Ka palupalu o Kanaloa (Kanaloa) Fed:E State:EEndemic
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Rare LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Rare Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Senna gaudichaudii Kolomona Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Common Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Sesbania tomentosa Ohai Fed:E State:EEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Rare Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Rare LeGrande & Wood 2003
  Family: Malvaceae
    Sida fallax Ilima (Fanpetals) Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Occasional Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Occasional Eijzenga & Preston 2008
  Family: Myoporaceae
    Myoporum sandwicense Naio (False sandalwood) Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
  Family: Nyctaginaceae
    Boerhavia repens Alena (Boerhavia) Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
  Family: Papavaraceae
    Argemone glauca var. glauca Pua kala Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Occasional Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
  Family: Poaceae
    Cenchrus ciliaris (Buffel grass) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Occasional Wood 2000
    Cenchrus echinatus (Sand bur) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Occasional Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Chloris barbata (Swollen fingergrass) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Occasional Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Eragrostis leptophylla (Lovegrass) Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Common Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Heteropogon contortus Pili (Tanglehead) Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Rare Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Melinis repens (Natal red top) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Rare Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Pancium fauriei var. latius Mauu Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    Pancium torridum Kakonakona (Torrid panicgrass) Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    Panicum fauriei var. latius (Hawaiian panicgrass) Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Rare Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Panicum torridum Kakonakona (Torrid panicgrass) Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
    Setaria parviflora (Marsh bristlegrass) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    Tragus berteronianus (Spiked burr grass) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Occasional Eijzenga & Preston 2008
  Family: Portulacaceae
    Portulaca molokiniensis Ihi Fed:none State:SOCEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Rare Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Common Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Portulaca oleracea (Pigweed) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Rare Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Portulaca villosa Ihi (Hairy purslane) Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Rare Wood 2000
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
  Family: Pteridaceae
    Doryopteris decipiens Iwaiwa Fed:none State:noneEndemic
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
  Family: Solanaceae
    Lycium sandwicense Ohelo kai (Hawai'i desert-thorn) Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
    Nicotiana glauca (Tree tobacco) Fed:none State:noneAdventive
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Present Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Common LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Occasional Eijzenga & Preston 2008
  Family: Sterculiaceae
    Waltheria indica Uhaloa Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
    30-Nov-00 Complete survey Common Wood 2000
    27-Feb-03 Partial survey Present LeGrande & Wood 2003
    1-Nov-03 Complete survey Present Wood & LeGrande 2003
    26-Mar-08 Partial survey Occasional Eijzenga & Preston 2008
SEABIRD
  Family: Hyddrobatidae
    Oceanodroma castro cryptoleucura akeake (Band-rumped Storm-petrels) Fed:C State:EIndigenous
     Opportunistic survey dead individuals LeGrande & Wood 2001
  Family: Phaethontidae
    Phaethon rubricauda rothschildi koae-ula (Red-tailed Tropicbird) Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
     Opportunistic survey dead individuals LeGrande & Wood 2001
  Family: Procellaridae
    Bulweria bulweri ou (Bulwer's Petrel) Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
     Opportunistic survey dead individuals LeGrande & Wood 2001
    26-Mar-08 Opportunistic survey Remains of several birds in an old owl midden Eijzenga & Preston 2008
    Puffinus pacificus chlororhynchus uaukane (Wedge-tailed Shearwater) Fed:none State:noneIndigenous
    10-Oct-01 Extrapolated 145-272 adults Hebshi 2001
    26-Mar-08 Opportunistic survey 5 burrows Eijzenga & Preston 2008
Literature Citations:

LeGrande, M. & Wood, K.R. 2001. Summary report for research conducted on Kaho'olawe April 2001. Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Maui County. 7 p.

LeGrande, M. & Wood, K.R. 2001. Summary report for research conducted on Kaho'olawe June and July 2001. Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission, Maui County. 7 p.

LeGrande, M. & Wood, K.R. 2003. Summary report for research conducted on Kaho'olawe February 2003. Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Maui County. 12 p.

LeGrande, M. & Wood, K.R. 2003. Summary report for research conducted on Kaho'olawe November 2003. Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Maui County. 2 p.

LeGrande, M. & Wood, K.R. 2003. Summary report for research conducted on Kaho'olawe October 2003. Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Maui County. 14 p.

Lorence, D.H. & Wood, K.R. 1994. Kanaloa, a new genus of Fabaceae (Mimosoideae) from Hawaii. Novon 4(2): 8.

USFWS. 1999. Ten plants from Maui Nui added to the endangered species list. 'Elepaio 59(7): 1.

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. & LeGrande, M. 2001. Summary report for research conducted on Kaho'olawe January 2001. Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Maui County. 4 p.

Wood, K.R. & LeGrande, M. 2002. Summary report for research conducted on Kaho'olawe January 2002. Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Maui County. 2 p.

Wood, K.R. & LeGrande, M. 2003. Checklist of vascular plants on the two offshore sites of 'Ale'ale and Pu'u Koa'e. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Maui County. 3 p.

Wood, K.R. & Perlman, S. 2000. Summary report for research conducted on Kaho'olawe Nov 29-Dec 1, 2000. Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Maui County. 7 p.

Wood, K.R. & Perlman, S. 2000. Summary report for research conducted on Kaho'olawe September 2000. Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Maui County. 7 p.

Wood, K.R., Higashino, P., Sugii, N. & Swenson, C. 2004. Kanaloa kahoolawensis recovery options for 2004. Report to Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Kahoolawe. 2 p.

Wood, K.R., LeGrande, M. & Hebshi, A. 2001. Summary report for research conducted on Kaho'olawe October 2001. Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Maui County. 5 p.

Wood, K.R., Perlman, S. & Chapin, M. 2000. Summary report for research conducted on Kaho'olawe July 2000. Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Maui County. 16 p.

Additional information
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