Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_metrosideros_waialealae
Kauaʻi bottlebrush
Metrosideros waialealae
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About Kauaʻi bottlebrush
Kauaʻi bottlebrush (Metrosideros waialealae) is a tree; shrub recorded on Kauaʻi. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Kauaʻi evidence
Accepted status, Kauaʻi occurrence, nativity, growth form, and names were audited against the 2026 Smithsonian checklist and linked habit source. Scientific synonyms: Metrosideros collina var. fauriei (H. Lév.) Rock; Metrosideros tremuloides var. waialealae Rock; Metrosideros waialealae (Rock) Rock.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Metrosideros waialealae
- Hawaiian names
- ʻōhiʻa
- Other names
- Metrosideros waialealae · Kauaʻi bottlebrush · ʻōhiʻa · Metrosideros collina var. fauriei (H. Lév.) Rock · Metrosideros tremuloides var. waialealae Rock · Metrosideros waialealae (Rock) Rock
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Smithsonian checklist assessment: Apparently Secure; U.S. status: No Status
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Island-level occurrence is retained; finer locality is intentionally withheld
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Bog margins · Wet shrubland · Wet forest
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable habitat substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable flowers or seed and suitable establishment conditions; species-specific reproductive review remains open
- Shelter
- Suitable native vegetation structure and substrate
- Growth form
- Tree; Shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Species-specific threat review pending; no fine-location evidence is published in this card
- Conservation actions
- Protect native habitat and verify species-specific actions against current conservation sources
- Monitoring
- Taxonomic identity, population condition, recruitment, and locally documented pressures; exact locations withheld
- Data gaps
- Species-specific ecology and threat citations · Reproductive phenology · Fine-scale habitat information intentionally not published
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- Kauaʻi bottlebrush (Metrosideros waialealae) is a tree; shrub recorded on Kauaʻi. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Sources and further reading
- https://doi.org/10.5479/si.32124043
- https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/speciesdescr.cfm?genus=Metrosideros&species=waialealae
- https://plantsofhawaii.org/detail/%7B7FBF2930-39B4-4F3A-8295-026E41516BFE%7D
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A598350-1
- https://nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plants/metrosideros-polymorpha/