Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_sporobolus_virginicus
Seashore dropseed
Sporobolus virginicus
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About Seashore dropseed
akiaki is a grass 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
- Sporobolus virginicus
- Common names
- Seashore dropseed
- Hawaiian names
- Akiaki
- Family
- Poaceae
- Order
- Poales
- 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
- Salt marsh · Coastal strand · Brackish wet edges
- 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
- Grass
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Coastal development, invasive grasses, hydrologic alteration
- Conservation actions
- Restore native coastal grass matrix
- Monitoring
- Restore native coastal grass matrix
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- akiaki is a grass in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is indigenous.
