Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_cibotium_glaucum
Tree Fern
Cibotium glaucum
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About Tree Fern
Tree Fern (Cibotium glaucum) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Tree fern with a stout trunk supporting enormous arching fronds that can reach 7 m.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Cibotium glaucum
- Common names
- Tree Fern
- Hawaiian names
- Hāpuʻu
- Other names
- Cibotium glaucum · Tree Fern · Hāpuʻu
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Wet forest · Montane forest
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Tree fern
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Feral pigs, invasive plants, illegal harvest, forest decline
- Conservation actions
- Forest protection, pig control, monitor recruitment
- Monitoring
- Forest protection, pig control, monitor recruitment
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- Tree Fern (Cibotium glaucum) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Tree fern with a stout trunk supporting enormous arching fronds that can reach 7 m.
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