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PHOTO

SPECIES

COMMON NAME

END/
IND/
POL

HEIGHT(FT)

SPREAD(FT)

E*

Agrostis avenacea

Agrostis avenacea

I

1 TO 2

<1

Carex meyenii

N/A

I

1 TO 3

2

(No photo)

Carex wahuensis ssp. herbstii

N/A

E

1 TO 4

2

Carex wahuensis ssp. rubiginosa

N/A

E

1 TO 4

2

Cyperus hillebrandii ssp. dicipiens

N/A

E

1 TO 3

1

Cyperus hillebrandii ssp. hillebrandii

N/A

E

1 TO 3

1

(No photo)

Cyperus hypochlorus ssp. brevior

'Ahu'awa

E

2 TO 5

2

(No photo)

Cyperus hypochlorus ssp. hypochlorus

'Ahu'awa

E

1 TO 3

2

(No photo)

Cyperus pennatiformis var. pennatiformis

N/A

E

2 TO 5

2

Cyperus phleoides var. hawaiiensis

N/A

E

<1 TO 3

1

Cyperus polystachyos

N/A

I

1 TO 2

1

Digitaria setigera

Kūkaepua'a, mau'u kūkaepua'a, itchy crabgrass

Possibly I

1 TO 3

2

(No photo)

Dissochondrus biflorus

N/A

E

2 TO 5

2

Eragrostis grandis

Lovegrass

E

6 TO 8

6

Eragrostis variabilis

Kāwelu, 'emoloa, kalamālō, lovegrass

E

2 TO 3

2

Fimbristylis dichotoma

N/A

I

<1 TO 3

1

(No photo)

Gahnia aspera ssp. globosa

N/A

E

1 TO 2

1

Gahnia beecheyi

N/A

E

2 TO 5

4

Isachne pallens

N/A

E

1 TO 2

1

Luzula hawaiiensis var. oahuensis

Woodrush

E

<1 TO 3

2

Machaerina mariscoides ssp. meyenii

'Ahaniu,'uki

E

2 TO 3

2

(No photo)

Panicum nephelophilum

Konakona, panic grass

E

2 TO 9

4

Paspalum scrobiculatum

Mau'u laiki, ricegrass

I

2 TO 5

2

(No photo)

Rhynchospora rugosa ssp. lavarum

Pu'uko'a, beak-rush

I

1 TO 3

1

Rhynchospora sclerioides

Kuolohia, beak-rush

I

1 TO 3

1

Saccharum officinarum

Kō, sugarcane

Possibly I

8 TO 11

8

Schoenoplectus californicus

Kaluhā, 'aka'akai

Possibly I

3 TO 15

6

E* - Endangered