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Conservation Plant Releases - Hoolehua Plant Materials Center
Updated
11/25/2008
The Hoolehua Plant Materials Center has released the following plants to commercial growers to solve
specific resource conservation needs. Click on the link to the Release Brochure (if available) to view more
information on each plant release. Click on the Scientific Name for more information on the species.
If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact
Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.
These documents require Adobe Acrobat
Plant Releases
Release Name |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Uses |
Release Brochure |
Makakupa`ia Germplasm |
Chenopodium
oahuense |
Aweoweo |
erosion control, ecosystem restoration, enhancing cultural sites, increasing plant diversity and
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Tropic Sun |
Crotalaria
juncea |
sun hemp |
primarily used as a green manure crop for soil improvement. Also useful as a source of
fiber |
Brochure (PDF) |
Kuiaha |
Desmodium
aparines |
desmodium |
pasture improvement, cover crop and erosion control |
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Kamiloloa Germplasm |
Dodonaea
viscosa |
Florida hopbush |
ecosystem restoration, revegetation of eroded areas, wildlife food and cover, windbreaks, and
for landscaping |
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Kaho'olawe Germplasm |
Eragrostis
variabilis |
kawelu |
ecosystem restoration, erosion control, enhancing diversity in riparian areas, and for wildlife
cover and food. |
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Tropic Coral |
Erythrina
variegata |
tall erythrina |
primarily developed for windbreak for soil and water conservation |
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Kaho'olawe Germplasm |
Heteropogon
contortus |
piligrass |
ecosystem restoration, erosion control, wildlife habitat, increasing diversity in riparian and other
communities, and for enhancing cultural sites |
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Tropic Verde |
Neonotonia
wightii |
perennial soybean |
pasture improvement, cover crop and erosion control |
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Tropic Lalo |
Paspalum
hieronymi |
paspalum |
ground cover for orchards, waterways, roadsides |
Brochure (PDF) |
Tropic Shore |
Paspalum
vaginatum |
seashore paspalum |
primarily for stabilizing the shorelines and banks of aquaculture ponds, canals, and streams with
brackish or salty water |
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