Download or read book Native Trees Shrubs of the Hawaiian Islands written by Samuel H. Lamb and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extensive study gives botanical data about the trees and shrubs of Hawaii with a clarity that can be easily understood by everyone. The author describes the plants, gives common names, mainland equivalents--if there are any--and tells their uses in the changing world of the Pacific Islands. Woven into his narrative are also folk stories about the plants. Of the Naupaka, he writes: "Hawaiian legend says that the half flower came about when a scorned maiden grabbed a flower and tore it in half. She told her lover she would not see him again until he brought her a full flower, but he never did. From that time on, Naupakas have had only half a flower and the lover died of a broken heart."
Download or read book Native Trees and Shrubs of the Hawaiian Islands written by Samuel H. Lamb and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extensive study gives botanical data about the trees and shrubs of Hawaii with a clarity that can be easily understood by everyone. The author describes the plants, gives common names, mainland equivalents--if there are any--and tells their uses in the changing world of the Pacific Islands. Woven into his narrative are also folk stories about the plants. Of the Naupaka, he writes: "Hawaiian legend says that the half flower came about when a scorned maiden grabbed a flower and tore it in half. She told her lover she would not see him again until he brought her a full flower, but he never did. From that time on, Naupakas have had only half a flower and the lover died of a broken heart."
Download or read book Amy Greenwell Garden Ethnobotanical Guide to Native Hawaiian Plants Polynesian introduced Plants written by Amy Beatrice Holdsworth Greenwell and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Native Hawaiian plants make up a unique flora because of the extreme isolation of the Hawaiian Islands. When the Polynesian settlers arrived, they encountered many plants that they did not know before. Over the course of generations, the Hawaiian people learned how to use the native flora to meet their needs. Along with the crops that the settlers introduced from the South Pacific, native plants became the basis for Hawaiian society and economy. In addition to describing the plants and their habitats, this guide relates the significance that native and Polynesian-introduced plants had to traditional Hawaiian culture, and tells how these plants are still used today." --Back cover.
Download or read book Plants and Flowers of Hawai i written by S. H. Sohmer and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hawaiian islands, isolated by thousands of miles of ocean for millions of years, posses a unique assemblage of native flowers and plants. This text describes more than 130 indigenous and endemic species of Hawaiian plants, their characteristics and habitats, and how they came to be. The photographs aim to provide an easy and accurate means of recognizing a given plant and serve as a permanent record of the Hawaiian islands' fast-disappearing native flora.
Download or read book A Native Hawaiian Garden written by John L. Culliney and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1999-12-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hawai‘i is home to some of the rarest plants in the world, many of them now threatened by extinction. Despite a benign and nurturing climate, native species are declining almost everywhere in the Islands. Human-introduced pests, the spread of competing alien plants, wildfires, urban and agricultural development, and other disturbances of modern life are eliminating native species at an alarming pace. In fact, 38 percent of all plants on the U.S. endangered species list are native Hawaiian plants. A Native Hawaiian Garden is an effort to help stem the tide. Until recent years, few people attempted to raise native plants in their gardens, in schoolyards and parks, or around public buildings. But this situation is changing as essential information about raising native plants becomes more readily available. A Native Hawaiian Garden offers the most in-depth treatment yet on cultivating and propagating native Hawaiian plants. Following an overview of Hawaiian natural history and conservation, the book treats 63 species (many for the first time), giving detailed information on all stages of gardening: from preparing seeds for germination to the care and tending of the young plants in the landscape. Habitats where the plants are most likely to thrive are also described, as well as the uses that native Hawaiians made of the plants. Over 90 color photographs enhance the book. A Native Hawaiian Garden has much to offer professional horticulturists, landscapers, and botanists, and gives reason to hope that more spaces around housing developments, shopping malls, and other commercial buildings will soon include native plants. But the book will prove especially valuable to those gardeners who wish to grow and nurture something truly Hawaiian in their own backyards. Among the many rewards of growing natives, the authors make clear, is the opportunity to contribute your own experiences and findings to a vital preservation effort.
Download or read book The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands written by Joseph Francis Rock and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Growing Hawai i s Native Plants written by Kerin E. Lilleeng-Rosenberger and published by Mutual Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plants and Animals of Hawaii written by Susan Scott and published by Bess Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough treatment of the many plant and animal species found in Hawai'i.
Download or read book A Pocket Guide to Hawai i s Trees and Shrubs written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Common Forest Trees of Hawaii written by Elbert Luther Little and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Growing Native Hawaiian Plants written by Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst and published by Bess Press. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed instructions for growing native Hawaiian plants from cuttings or seeds, air-layering, grafting, watering, xeriscaping, transplanting, etc., and basic landscape maintenance. Also explains the plants' importance in Hawaiian culture.
Download or read book Alteration of Native Hawaiian Vegetation written by Linda W. Cuddihy and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book on the decline and extinction of Hawai'i's birds attributed to vegetation alteration.
Download or read book Trees of Hawai i written by Angela Kay Kepler and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1990-12-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surrounded by a vast array of colorful trees and shrubs, many residents and visitors with scant knowledge of botany are unable to find out more about "that tree with the small, pink flowers" or "the one on the corner with the pale green leaves." Kepler comes to our rescue with this easy-to-use guide and brings alive the kaleidoscopic flora that beautifies Hawai‘i.
Download or read book Evolution in Hawaii written by National Academy of Sciences and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-02-10 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As both individuals and societies, we are making decisions today that will have profound consequences for future generations. From preserving Earth's plants and animals to altering our use of fossil fuels, none of these decisions can be made wisely without a thorough understanding of life's history on our planet through biological evolution. Companion to the best selling title Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science, Evolution in Hawaii examines evolution and the nature of science by looking at a specific part of the world. Tracing the evolutionary pathways in Hawaii, we are able to draw powerful conclusions about evolution's occurrence, mechanisms, and courses. This practical book has been specifically designed to give teachers and their students an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of evolution using exercises with real genetic data to explore and investigate speciation and the probable order in which speciation occurred based on the ages of the Hawaiian Islands. By focusing on one set of islands, this book illuminates the general principles of evolutionary biology and demonstrate how ongoing research will continue to expand our knowledge of the natural world.
Download or read book Plants of Old Hawaii written by Lois Lucas and published by Bess Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to 20 plants of the Ancient Hawaiians. Includes illustrations, uses, proverbs, and poems.
Download or read book Hawai i s Native Plants written by Bruce A. Bohm and published by Mutual Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book to help visitors to the Hawaiian Islands learn about native flora and the impact of invasive species.
Download or read book Native Hawaiian Plants written by Kerin E. Lilleeng-Rosenberger and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
