Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_dicranopteris_linearis
Uluhe
Dicranopteris linearis
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About Uluhe
uluhe is a fern 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
- Dicranopteris linearis
- Hawaiian names
- Uluhe
- Family
- Gleicheniaceae
- Order
- Gleicheniales
- 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
- Wet forest · Open slopes · Disturbed wet uplands
- 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
- Fern
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Can dominate after disturbance · Also affected by pigs/weeds
- Conservation actions
- Site-specific management: protect where native, manage where blocking recovery
- Monitoring
- Site-specific management: protect where native, manage where blocking recovery
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- uluhe is a fern in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
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