Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants, endangered status for 12 plants from the Hawaiian Islands. Fed. Reg. 56333-56351
- Author:
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Canfield, J. E., Herbst, Derral, Asquith, A., Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior
- Title:
- Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants, endangered status for 12 plants from the Hawaiian Islands. Fed. Reg. 56333-56351
- Year:
- 1994
- Subject:
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Endangered species
Endangered plants
Endangered species Law and legislation United States
- Summary:
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for 12 species of Hawaiian plants: Adenophorus periens (pendant kihi fern), Bonamia menziesii (no common name (NCN)), Diellia erecta (NCN), Flueggea neowawraea (mehamehame), Hibiscus brackenridgei (mao hau hele), Mariscus pennatiformis (NCN), Neraudia sericea (maaloa), Plantago princeps (ale), Sesbania tomentosa (ohai), Solanum incompletum (thorny popolo), Spermolepis hawaiiensis (NCN), and Vigna o-wahuensis (Oahu vigna). These 12 species are found on 1 or more of the following Hawaiian Islands: Laysan, Necker, Nihoa, Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii. The 12 species and their habitats have been variously affected or are currently threatened by one or more of the following: habitat degradation and/or predation by wild, feral, or domestic animals (pigs, goats, deer, cattle); competition for space, light, water, and nutrients by naturalized, introduced vegetation; habitat loss from fires; human impacts from recreational activities; and insect infestations. Due to the small number of existing individuals and/or their very narrow distributions, these species and most of their populations are subject to an increased likelihood of extinction and/or reduced reproductive vigor from stochastic events. This rule implements the protection provisions
provided by the Act for these plant taxa.
- URL:
- http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1994-11-10/html/94-27302.htm
- Collection:
- Monographs