landscaping choices: use native and endemic plants
Scientific name
Hawaiian or Common Name
Plant Habit (Tree, shrub, gound cover, etc.)
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Acacia koa
koa
Tree
Acacia koaia
koaia
Tree
Adenophorus periens
Pendant kihi fern
Palai la'āu
wet forest fern
Adenophorus tamariscinus
Wahine noho mauna
wet forest fern
Alectryon macrococcus
Māhoe
Alaʻalahua
Flowering tree
Alphitonia ponderosa
kauila, kauwila
Tree
Antidesma pulvinatum
hame
Tree
Bidens wiebkei
ko'oko'olau
Molokai moist forest tree
Bonamia menziesii
Brighamia rockii
pua ala
alula
haha
Caesalpinia kauaiense
Canavalia molokaiensis
awikiwiki
Centaurium sebaeoides
awiwi
Chamaesyce celastroides
Chamaesyce degeneri
Chamaesyce hypericifolia
Chamaesyce sp.
Clermontia oblongifolia ssp. brevipes
oha wai
Colubrina oppositifolia
Cordyline fruticosa
Ctenitis squamigera
pauoa
Cyanea dunbarii
haha
Cyanea grimesiana ssp. grimesiana
haha
Cyanea mannii
haha
Cyanea procera
haha
Cyperus trachysanthos
puukaa
Diellia erecta
asplenium-leaved diellia
Diospyros hillebrandi
lama
Diospyros sandwicensis
Diplazium molokaiense
Dodonaea viscosa
aalii
Erythrina sandwicensis
wiliwili
Eugenia koolauensis
nioi
Flueggea neowawraea
mehamehame
Gouania hillebrandii
Gouania meyenii
Gouania vitifolia
Hedyotis mannii
pilo
Hesperomannia arborescens
Hibiscus arnottianus ssp. immaculatus
kokio keokeo
Hibiscus brackenridgei
mao
hau
hele
Hibiscus waimeae
Hibiscadelphus bombycinus
Hibiscadelphus crucibracteatus
Hibiscadelphus distans
Hibiscadelphus giffardianus
Hibiscadelphus hualalaiensis
Hibiscadelphus wilderianus
Hibiscadelphus woodii
Ischaemum byrone
Hilo ischaemum
Isodendrion pyrifolium
wahine noho kula
Kokia cookei
Labordia triflora
kamakahala
Lysimachia maxima
Mariscus fauriei
Marsilea villosa
ihiihi
Melicope mucronulata
alani
Melicope munroi
alani
Melicope reflexa
alani
Metrosideros polymorpha
ohia
Myoporum sandwicense
naio
Neraudia sericea
Nestegis sandwicensis
olopua
Nototrichium sandwicense
kului
Pandanus
Peucedanum sandwicense
makou
Phyllostegia mannii
Phyllostegia mollis
Pisonia umbellifera
papala kepau
Plantago princeps
laukahi kuahiwi
Platanthera holochila
Pleomele hawaiiensis
Pouteria sandwicensis
alaa
Pritchardia affinis
Pritchardia aylmer-robinsonii
Pritchardia elliptica
Pritchardia forbesiana
Pritchardia glabrata
Pritchardia hardyi
Pritchardia kaalae
Pritchardia lanaiensis
Pritchardia lanigera
Pritchardia limahuliensis
Pritchardia lowreyana
Pritchardia minor
Pritchardia munroi
loulu
Pritchardia napaliensis
Pritchardia perlmanii
Pritchardia schattaueri
Pritchardia viscosa
Psychotria mariniana
kopiko
Psydrax odorata
alahee
Pteris lidgatei
Rauvolfia sandwicensis
hao
Santalum ellipticum
sandal wood
Santalum freycinetianum
iliahi
Sapindus oahuensis
lonomea
Schiedea lydgatei
Schiedea nuttallii
Schiedea sarmentosa
Sesbania, tomentosa
ohai
Silene alexandri
Silene lanceolata
Solanum incompletum
popolo ku mai
Sophora chrysophylla
mamane
Spermolepis hawaiiensis
Stenogyne bifida
Styphelia tameiameiae
pukiawe
Low spreading shrub
Tetramolopium rockii
Low cover plant
Vigna owahuensis
Oahu cowpea
Vine
Wikstroemia oahuensis
akia
Flowering shrub
Zanthoxylum hawaiiense
ae