The following are incomplete lists of plants reported at various places
within the park. They may serve as the start or a check for those
wishing to know something of the plants in a certain area. The names
given are those most commonly used locally or those used to head the
corresponding sections above.
COMMONEST SHRUBS ALONG THE HIGHWAY above Headquarters. Sandalwood,
mamane, geranium (_N. tridens_), aalii, ohia, ohelo, pukiawe, mountain
pilo, kupaoa.
WIDESPREAD below 8,500 feet. _Stereocaulon_ lichen (mostly on barren
lava), pellucid polypody, maidenhair spleenwort, cliffbrake, swordfern,
bracken, sedge (_Gahnia_), sheep sorrel or dock; ulei, mamane, aalii,
tarweed, ohia, evening primrose, ohelo, pukiawe, selfheal, plantain,
kukaenene, mountain pilo, kupaoa, pamakani, hairy cat's-ear, horseweed.
SUMMIT FLORA (above 8,500 feet). Mountain pili (grass), trailing
pukiawe, _tetramalopium sp._, kupaoa, common dandelion.
CRATER FLOOR on ash or barren lava. Mountain pili, sheep sorrel, ulei,
mamane, bur clover, white clover, cranesbill, aalii, tarweed, ohia,
evening primrose, ohelo, pukiawe, selfheal, common plantain, kukaenene,
mountain pilo, catchfly, kupaoa, pamakani, hairy cat's-ear, Canadian
horseweed, _Tetramalopium humile_, silversword.
KOOLAU GAP. Amaumau, rush, mauulaili, tree orchid, sandalwood, pawale,
Hawaiian buttercup, trailing _akala_, native strawberry, nohoanu,
apeape, highbush ohelo, trailing plantain, lobelia, wormwood, trailing
kookoolau, greensword.
PALIKU. Amaumau, ekaha, akaha akolea, twayblade, alaalawainui, hoawa,
akala, kawau, olapa, kolea, manono, lobelia, naenae.
KAUPO GAP. Rush, mauulaili, sandalwood, hoawa, puaainaka, poha, common
potato (naturalized), Jerusalem cherry, tree plantain, lobelia, naupaka,
_Dubautia sp._, _Railliardia scabra_.
[Illustration: Figure 1--SEDGE, _Gahnia_]
[Illustration: Figure 2--HAWAIIAN ORCHID, _Liparis_]
[Illustration: Figure 3--SANDALWOOD, _Santalum haleakalae_]
[Illustration: Figure 4--MAMANE, _Sophora chrysophylla_]
[Illustration: Figure 5--HAWAIIAN RASPBERRY, _Rubus hawaiiensis_]
[Illustration: Figure 6--HINAHINA, _Geranium tridens_]
[Illustration: Figure 7--NOHOANU, _Geranium (Neurophyllodes)
arboreum_]
[Illustration: Figure 8--AALII, Seed capsules, leaf detail]
[Illustration: Figure 9--OHIA LEHUA, Twig with flower beginning to
open]
[Illustration: Figure 10--OLAPA]
[Illustration: Figure 11--OHELO]
[Illustration: Figure 12--PUKIAWE, Twig, flower magnified]
[Illustration: Figure 13--KOLEA, showing fruit]
[Illustration: Figure 14--MOUNTAIN PILO. Twig, fruits, leaf shapes,
magnified flower and leaf showing veination]
[Illustration: Figure 15--KUKAENENE, fruiting twig, male and female
flowers]
[Illustration: Figure 16--CATCHFLY, _Silene struthioloides_]
[Illustration: Figure 17--MAUI WORMWOOD, leaves, magnified flowers]
[Illustration: Figure 18--NAENAE, _Dubautia plantaginea_]
[Illustration: Figure 19--KUPAOA, _Raillardia menziesii_]
[Illustration: Figure 20--TETRAMALOPIUM]