Pacific Island Plants
Resources about the diversity, ecology, and uses of pacific flora.
Common Plants From Mauka to Makai
This sites purpose is to share information about the diversity of plants in the Pacific Islands.
Native and Endemic Plants
Sharing information about diveristy, natural history and cultural connections of plants from prehistory.
Introduced and Invasive Plants
Learn about plants that have shown up since people arrived and how they may be affecting distributions of natives and endemics.
Identification Resources
Key to understanding diveristy is the ability to tell species apart. This site provides guidance in the form of comparison pages and pointers to more advanced resources.
Biodiversity and Distribution
Leveraging the power of iNaturalist platform, we encourage everyone to help add to the knowledge about pacific island plants.
Literature
While not attempting to be exhaustive, we are working on a bibliography of important works with a focus on those practical for species identification.
Land and Sea
While focused on terrestrial plants, algae are plants too, and thus included.
An array of resources
From literature, to our blog, to ID apps, there are many tools to help understand pacific plants.
Pacific Plants Bibiliography
- Practical resources on use, ID, and care.
- Links to online versions, when available.
iNaturalist
- Regional projects
- AI tooling for ID support
- A supportive community
- Visit https://inaturalist.org
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