Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_cyperus_javanicus
Coastal flatsedge
Cyperus javanicus
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About Coastal flatsedge
ahuawa is a sedge in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Cyperus javanicus
- Common names
- Coastal flatsedge
- Hawaiian names
- Ahuawa
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Coastal wetlands · Brackish edges · Strand
- 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
- Sedge
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Coastal development, hydrologic alteration, invasive plants
- Conservation actions
- Protect coastal wetland vegetation
- Monitoring
- Protect coastal wetland vegetation
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- ahuawa is a sedge in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
