Kauaʻi record · KCA-HAB-0037
Irrigation ditch / canal
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About Irrigation ditch / canal
Irrigation ditch / canal is a documented Kauaʻi habitat type in the freshwater & wetland system.
Kauaʻi evidence
Classification/source support: SRC-HAB-006
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Not applicable
- Common names
- Irrigation ditch / canal
- Hawaiian names
- Not assessed
- Record type
- habitat
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Managed/modified habitat
- Conservation status
- Not formally assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- This record represents an operational habitat class, not every site-specific plant association or mapped polygon.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Irrigation ditch / canal
- Food and resource needs
- Not applicable
- Reproduction
- Not applicable
- Shelter
- Not applicable
- Substrate
- Excavated/engineered channel
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Hydrologic alteration, sediment, pollution, invasive species, physical disturbance and climate variability can change habitat function.
- Conservation actions
- Manage for ecological compatibility, water quality, connectivity and invasive-species risk; restore native function where feasible.
- Monitoring
- Track extent, condition, hydrology/physical structure, native/alien composition, disturbance exposure and restoration response.
- Data gaps
- Exact islandwide area, condition and trend may vary by source layer and mapping scale.
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Year-round unless hydrologically seasonal
- Seasonal description
- Irrigation ditch / canal is a documented Kauaʻi habitat type in the freshwater & wetland system.
Place and watershed context
- Habitat system
- Freshwater & Wetland
- Habitat class
- artificial
- Moisture regime
- Variable
- Salinity regime
- Fresh
- Water regime
- Artificial/diverted flow
- Vegetation structure
- Open/vegetated channel