The line is getting even thinner for one of these plants: the Haleakala
silversword. As I pass one by the park's visitor center, its namesake leaves bristle as if on the defensive against the threats it faces.
And of course there is the iconic 'ahinahina, or
silversword, a spiky Seussian orb that looks more like an ocean creature than a plant.
Chloroplast DNA evidence for a North American origin of the Hawaiian
silversword alliance (Asteraceae).
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Microsatellite analysis of a population crash and bottleneck in the Mauna Kea
silversword, Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp.
Density-dependent seed set in the Haleakala
silversword: evidence for an Allee effect.
Boston-based non-profit organisation Provider's Council has contracted with
SilverSword LLC for its IT support, the full service IT consulting firm announced today.
In Hawaii, feral goats have degraded habitats, increased erosion, promoted the invasion of alien plants and threatened endangered indigenous plant species like the Haleakala
silversword and Mann's bluegrass.
Population structure in the endangered Mauna Loa
silversword, Argyroxiphium kauense (Asteraceae), and its bearing on reintroduction.
24 species (Francisco-Ortega et al., 1997)]; Hawaiian archipelago [e.g., the
silversword alliance in the tribe Madieae, 43 species in three genera (Carr et al., 2003)]; the Galapagos islands [e.g., Scalesia, 15 species (McMullen, 1999)]; St.
Once a magnificent stand of rare Wilkesia hobdyi, a small cliff-dwelling plant closely related to the famous Maul
silversword, grew on the ridge above Polihale public beach park, and it survived because hunters kept the predatory goats under control there.