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Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants: determination of endangered status for Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. sandwicense ('ahinahina or Mauna Kea silversword)

Author:
Herbst, Derral, Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior
Title:
Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants: determination of endangered status for Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. sandwicense ('ahinahina or Mauna Kea silversword)
Year:
1986
Volume:
51
Pages:
9814-9820
Subject:
Endangered plants Silverswords Mauna Kea Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. sandwicense Endangered species Law and legislation United States
Summary:
This document, published by the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service, determines Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. sandwicense ('Ahinahina or Mauna Kea silversword) to be an endangered species, under the authority contained in the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. The only known natural population of this plant is located on the east slope of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii, State of Hawaii. In addition, a small number of individuals have been planted at other places on the mountain. This species in vulnerable to any substantial habitat alteration, and faces the present threat of elimination through grazing and trampling by feral animals, and the potential threat of damage by insect larvae. This determination that Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. sandwicense is an endangered species implements the protection provided by the Endangered Species Act of 1983, as amended. The effective date of this rule was April 21, 1986.
Collection:
Monographs