Native Plants (455 images)
Hawaiʻi is the home to many native plants which are not found anywhere else in the world! From Lehua blossoms on the native Ohia trees, to silver-swords and ferns. Many rare plants and flowers are found in this gallery.
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A black-and-white close-up of an 'ama'u fern...
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Close-up of 'ama'u fern frond at Hawai'i...
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A close-up of 'ohi'a lehua at Kahuku Ranch,...
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Kapa making on the Big Island: Berries and...
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Indigenous palapalai ferns (Microlepia...
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Kokiʻo ʻulaʻula (or Hibiscus clayi, or Hawaiian...
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Kokiʻo ʻulaʻula (Hibiscus clayi) or Hawaiian...
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Kokiʻo ʻulaʻula (Hibiscus clayi) or Hawaiian...
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Kokiʻo ʻulaʻula (Hibiscus clayi) or Hawaiian...
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A close-up of a slowly unfurling hapu'u fern at...
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Red-lit 'ohi'a trees seem to point to the Milky...
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Close-up of a red 'ohi'a lehua blossom, Big...
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A large silversword (or 'ahinahina) in full...
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A Hawaiian cultural practitioner weaves a...
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Two women weave kupe'e (wrist or ankle...
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Two women weave kupe'e (wrist or ankle...
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Red 'ohi'a lehua flowers bloom, with...
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A lei of thousands of tiny orange 'ilima...
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Visitors reach the end of a hiking trail across...
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An 'ohi'a bush flaunting a red lehua blossom...
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An 'ohi'a lehua - said to be the favorite...
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An 'ohi'a lehua - said to be the favorite...
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A panorama of Kilauea Iki Crater and its...
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The Milky Way galaxy fills the night sky over a...
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The Milky Way galaxy fills the night sky over a...
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A close-up of a red 'ohi'a flower during a hike...
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The Milky Way on a very clear night shines over...
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Sunrise at Haleakala, with a silversword plant...
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Sunrise at Haleakala, with a silversword plant...
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A lauhala tree overlooks the peninsula between...
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This orange 'ohi'a lehua tree grows on a ranch...
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A young 'io (or native Hawaiian hawk) perched...
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This Hawaiian rainforest with hapu'u fern and...
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An 'apapane in flight between the branches of...
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A close-up of hapu'u fern fronds, Hawai'i; as...
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A close-up of a naupaka kuahiwi, or mountain...
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A close-up of a young hapu'u fern frond, one of...
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Morning sunlight seen through native hapu'u...
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A hapu'u (native Hawaiian fern) tree in a...
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A close-up of a native hapu'u fern frond in a...
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A close-up of a green, sunlit hapu'u fern frond...
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A close-up of an 'ohi'a lehua blossom growing...
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A close-up of an 'ohi'a lehua blossom growing...
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A misty country road with koa trees on the...
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A Hawaiian ranch at a 4,000-ft. elevation in...
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A hala tree silhouetted against a pink, purple...
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A rare hinano, or male flower of the hala tree,...
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A close-up of hapu'u ferns along the trail at...
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Large hapu'u ferns and other greenery along the...
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A couple on the trail in 'Akaka Falls State...
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Native rainforest leaves and ferns on the trail...
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A close-up of a fern on the trail to 'Akaka...
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A close-up of the young leaves of an 'ohi'a...
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'Ohi'a lehua flowers and shrub along the Kalepa...
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A close-up view of a silversword plant on the...
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A close-up view of a silversword plant on the...
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A close-up of an 'ohi'a lehua blossom along the...
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Red 'ohi'a lehua blossoms speckle an 'ohia...
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A local Caucasian woman, a young part-Asian boy...
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A close-up view of indigenous palapali ferns...
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A local Caucasian man and a young part-Asian...
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A local Caucasian man and a young boy hike...
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A young local boy with his dog pause along the...
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A young part-Asian local boy with his dog pause...
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A local man and a young boy with their dog hike...
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Indigenous palapali ferns (Microlepia strigosa)...
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Indigenous palapali ferns (Microlepia strigosa)...
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A close-up view of endemic tree kolea (Myrsine...
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A close-up of an 'ama'u tree fern (Sadleria...
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Hawaiian tree fern or hapu'u (Cibotium glaucum)...
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Hawaiian tree fern or hapu'u (Cibotium glaucum)...
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Hawaiian tree fern or hapu'u (Cibotium glaucum)...
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Hawaiian tree fern or hapu'u (Cibotium glaucum)...
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Hawaiian tree fern or hapu'u (Cibotium glaucum)...
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Hawaiian tree fern or hapu'u (Cibotium glaucum)...
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Thurston Lava Tube, Hawai'i Volcanoes National...
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A woman entering the Thurston Lava Tube,...
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Thurston Lava Tube, Hawai'i Volcanoes National...
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Aerial roots of a hala tree at the Harold L....
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A red 'ohi'a flower tree with misty jagged...
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Blooming silversword (or 'ahinahina), Haleakala...
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Blooming silversword (or 'ahinahina), Haleakala...
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Blooming silversword (or 'ahinahina), Haleakala...
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Silversword (or 'ahinahina), Haleakala National...
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'Ohelo berry bushes, Haleakala National Park,...
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'Ohelo berry bushes, Haleakala National Park,...
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A close-up view of pohole fern shoots, Maui.
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A close-up view of pohole fern shoots, Maui.
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Ferns against a blue sky, Maui.
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Ke'anae Peninsula taro (or kalo) farming, Maui.
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Ke'anae Peninsula taro (or kalo) farming, Maui.
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A close-up of a maiapilo flower on Maui.
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A close-up of a maiapilo flower on Maui.
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A close-up of a maiapilo flower on Maui.
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A close-up of the bark of the wiliwili tree on...
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Wiliwili trees on Maui against a clear blue sky.
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Endemic wiliwili trees on Maui, with Molokini...
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Wiliwili trees with the slopes of Haleakala in...
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A koa'i tree on the slopes of Haleakala on Maui.
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Sunlit wiliwili trees on Maui.
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Sunlit wiliwili tree on Maui.
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A close-up of the flowers of a kauila tree,...
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A close-up of the flowers of a kauila tree,...
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A close-up of the flowers of a kauila tree,...
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A close-up of the bark of a kauila tree, Hawai'i.
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Looking up at a kauila tree, Hawai'i.
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Looking up at a kauila tree, Hawai'i.
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A windblown waterfall in Waimea Canyon, Kaua'i.
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A close-up of lipahapaha (or limu pahapaha)...
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A man holds limu pahapaha (or lipahapaha, sea...
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A man holds limu pahapaha (or lipahapaha, sea...
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Limu pahapaha (or lipahapaha, sea lettuce,...
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Limu pahapaha (or lipahapaha, sea lettuce,...
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Lipahapaha (or limu pahapaha, sea lettuce,...
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The flower and leaves of the rare haha plant,...
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'Ohelo berries in the foreground of Kilauea...
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'Ohelo berries in the foreground of Kilauea...
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'Ohelo berries in the foreground of Kilauea...
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Moss covers some koa tree branches on the...
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Koa trees on the slopes of Mauna Loa, Big Island.
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Koa trees on the slopes of Mauna Loa, Big Island.
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A koa tree in upcountry Big Island.
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Koa trees on the slopes of Mauna Loa, Big Island.
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Moss-covered koa trees on the slopes of Mauna...
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Koa trees on the slopes of Mauna Loa, Big Island.
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A koa tree on the slopes of Mauna Loa, Big Island.
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Kawelu, a native Hawaiian grass, grows near the...
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Kawelu, a native Hawaiian grass, grows near the...
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Kawelu, a native Hawaiian grass, grows near the...
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Lehua 'ahihi near the Pali Lookout on O'ahu.
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Lehua 'ahihi near the Pali Lookout on O'ahu.
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Lehua 'ahihi near the Pali Lookout on O'ahu.
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Lehua 'ahihi near the Pali Lookout on O'ahu.
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Lehua 'ahihi near the Pali Lookout on O'ahu.
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Lipahapaha (or limu pahapaha) at Polihale Beach...
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Lipahapaha (or limu pahapaha) at Polihale Beach...
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A close-up of the indigenous laua'e fern on the...
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A close-up of the indigenous laua'e fern on the...
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Close-up of the endemic 'ama'u fern, Hawai'i...
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'Ohi'a lehua, endemic to Hawai'i, is framed by...
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Close-up of 'ama'u ferns taken at Hawai'i...
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Halema'uma'u crater with rising volcanic ash...
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Halema'uma'u crater with rising volcanic ash...
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The breadfruit (ulu) is part of the traditional...
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The breadfruit (ulu) is part of the traditional...
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White hibiscus (koki'o ke'oke'o)
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Pohinahina blossom
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Elepaio, a native Hawaiian taro
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Koki'o Ula (red hibiscus)
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Breadfruit trees at Kamokila Hawaiian Village,...
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Breadfruit plant at Kamokila Hawaiian Village,...
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Breadfruit plant at Kamokila Hawaiian Village,...
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Breadfruit plant at Kamokila Hawaiian Village,...
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Red and green ti leaves, Kauai.
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Red and green ti leaves, Kauai.
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Red and green ti leaves, Kauai.
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Red and green ti leaves, Kauai.
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A kalo (or taro) leaf with a single water...
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A kalo (or taro) leaf with a single water...
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A mana 'ele'ele (Hawaiian variety of kalo or...
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A mana 'ele'ele (type of kalo or taro specific...
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A kalo (or taro) leaf with water droplets, Big...
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Kalo (or taro) leaf plants, Big Island.
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A close-up view of an uahi-a-pele (native...
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Flowering indigenous 'uki'uki grass, Big Island.
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Flowering indigenous 'uki'uki grass, Big Island.
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Flowering indigenous 'uki'uki grass, Big Island.
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Flowering indigenous 'uki'uki grass, Big Island.
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Flowering indigenous 'uki'uki grass, Big Island.
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Kalo (or taro) plants, Big Island.
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Kalo (or taro) plants, Big Island.
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The native Hawaiian kupukupu fern stands under...
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The native Hawaiian kupukupu fern stands under...
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The native Hawaiian kupukupu fern stands under...
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Kalo (or taro) plants, Big Island.
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Variegated hau leaves and flower buds, Big Island.
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Variegated hau leaves and flower buds, Big Island.
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Variegated hau leaves and flower buds, Big Island.
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A close-up of a kalo (or taro) leaf with light...
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Sunlit mana 'ele'ele (a native Hawaiian variety...
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A close-up view of a kalo (or taro) leaf with...
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A red kalo (or taro) with light shining though,...
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A kalo (or taro) leaf lit by the sun, Big Island.
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The native Hawaiian flowering plant Ma'o is...
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The native Hawaiian flowering plant Ma'o is...
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The native Hawaiian plant Pohinahina has...
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The native Hawaiian plant Pohinahina has...
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The native Hawaiian plant Pohinahina has...
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Naupaka kahakai is a half flower found near the...
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Naupaka kahakai is a half flower found near the...
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Naupaka kahakai is a half flower found near the...
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Naupaka kahakai is a half flower found near the...
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Naupaka kahakai is a half flower found near the...
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The native Hawaiian plant Pohinahina has...
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The native Hawaiian plant Pohinahina has...
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The native Hawaiian plant Pohinahina has...
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The native Hawaiian plant Pohinahina has...
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The native Hawaiian 'akia plant is either male...
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The native Hawaiian 'akia plant is either male...
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The native Hawaiian 'akia plant is either male...
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The native Hawaiian 'akia plant is either male...
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The native Hawaiian 'akia plant is either male...
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The native Hawaiian 'akia plant is either male...
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The native Hawaiian 'akia plant is either male...
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Naupaka kahakai is a half flower found near the...
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Naupaka kahakai is a half flower found near the...
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The native Hawaiian kupukupu fern, which stands...
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The native Hawaiian kupukupu fern, which stands...
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The native Hawaiian kupukupu fern, which stands...
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The native Hawaiian koki'o ke'o ke'o is the...
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The native Hawaiian koki'o ke'o ke'o is the...
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The native Hawaiian koki'o ke'o ke'o is the...
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Close up of ohia lehua flower with dew in the...
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endemic manono (Hedyotis) found at the Lanaihale
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Ohelo kai Lycium sandwicense at Mahaulepu,...
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Ohelo kai Lycium sandwicense at Mahaulepu,...
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Ohelo kai Lycium sandwicense at Mahaulepu,...
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Rare Hawaiian mint (phyllostegia velutina) in...
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endangered Lanai sandalwood or iliahi (Santalum...
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The rare and endangered hau kauahiwi...
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Maui Greensword Argyroxphium grayanum....
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Fern fiddle head. Sadleria sp. Hana Forest Maui
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Hawaiian fern, (sadleria cyatheoides). These...
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Hawaiian goose Nene (state bird) eating O'helo...
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ohia lehua flower
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Mao Hawaiian Cotton Gossypium sandwicense ants...
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The endangered naitve kooloaula abutilon...
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The endangered Kooloaula Abutilon menziesii flower
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Kooloaula Abutilon menziesii flower
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Light from the sunset shining through the...
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Breadfruit or ulu is a local Hawaiian plant...
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Close up of silversword plant, Haleakala...
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Close up of silversword plant, Haleakala...
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Close up of silversword plant, Haleakala...
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The ""English"" sundew, (Drosera anglica or...
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Kauai greensword, Iliau, bog plant
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Ice plant or akulikuli kokee found on the...
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Awa root, Hawaiian medicinal plant
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Awa root, Hawaiian medicinal plant
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Awa root, Hawaiian medicinal plant
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Close up of leaf of taro or kalo plant
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Close up of leaf of taro or kalo plant
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Red Ti leaf plant, used by the Hawaiians for...
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Close up of noni fruit, a Hawaiian medicinal plant
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The naupaka plant. A Hawaiian legend says the...
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Beautiful red ti leaves, a plant cherished by...
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Ilima (Sida sp.) lei plant
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Endemic and endangered plant, uhiuhi...
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Endemic Hawaiian fish poison plant Akia or...
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Endangered clermontia pyrularia plant on Big...