List of species of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands facts for kids
This is a list of the species that inhabit the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Except for researchers and volunteers living on Midway Atoll, Kure Atoll, and Tern Island, the leeward islands are uninhabited by people but home to at least 7000 species ranging from marine mammals, fish, sea turtles, birds and invertebrates. Many of these species are rare or endangered and at least 25% are endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. This list identifies which islands the species lives on, and whether the species is endemic to the NWHI.
Animals
Birds
Plants
Nihoa | Necker | French Frigate Shoals | Gardner Pinnacles | Laysan | Lisianski | Pearl and Hermes | Midway | Kure | Endemic? | |
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Amaranthus brownii | Endemic | |||||||||
Boerhavia repens | ||||||||||
Chenopodium oahuense | ||||||||||
Cyperus pennatiformis | Endemic | |||||||||
Cyperus polystachyos | ||||||||||
Eragrostis paupera | ||||||||||
Eragrostis variabilis | ||||||||||
Fimbristylis cymosa | ||||||||||
Ipomoea indica | ||||||||||
Ipomoea pes-caprae | ||||||||||
Portulaca lutea | ||||||||||
Pritchardia remota | Endemic | |||||||||
Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium | ||||||||||
Schiedea verticillata | Endemic | |||||||||
Sesbania tomentosa | ||||||||||
Sesuvium portulacastrum | ||||||||||
Sicyos pachycarpus | ||||||||||
Solanum nelsonii | ||||||||||
Tribulus cistoides |
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