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SPECIES

COMMON NAME

END/
IND/
POL

HEIGHT(FT)

SPREAD(FT)
E*

Agrostis avenacea

He'upueo, bentgrass

I

1 TO 2

<1

Carex meyenii

N/A

I

1 TO 3

2

Carex wahuensis ssp. rubiginosa

N/A

E

1 TO 4

2

Chrysopogon aciculatus

Mānienie 'ula, pi'ipi'i, pilipili'ula, golden beardgrass

Possibly I

1

2

Cyperus hillebrandii ssp. hillebrandii

N/A

E

1 TO 3

1

Cyperus javanicus

'Ahu'awa, 'ehu'awa

I

2 TO 4

2

(No photo)

Cyperus pennatiformis var. pennatiformis

N/A

E

2 TO 5

2

Eragrostis atropioides

Lovegrass

E

4 TO 6

1

Eragrostis variabilis

Kāwelu, 'emoloa, kalamālō, lovegrass

E

2 TO 3

2

Heteropogon contortus

Pili, lule, piligrass, twisted beardgrass, tanglehead

I

2 TO 4

1

Ischaemum bryone

Hilo ischaemum

E

2 TO 3

2

X

Panicum fauriei var. carteri

Carter's panic grass

E

<1 TO 2

1

X

Panicum fauriei var. fauriei

Panic grass

E

<1 TO 2

1

Panicum fauriei var. latius

Panic grass

E

<1 TO 2

1

Panicum torridum

Kākonakona, hākonakona, panic grass

E

<1 TO 3

1

Panicum xerophilum

Kākonakona, he'upueo, panic grass

E

<1 TO 3

1

Paspalum scrobiculatum

Mau'u laiki, ricegrass

I

2 TO 5

2

Saccharum officinarum

Kō, sugarcane

Possibly I

8 TO 11

8

E* - Endangered