Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_vaccinium_reticulatum
ʻŌhelo
Vaccinium reticulatum
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About ʻŌhelo
A rhizomatous native shrub with stiff erect shoots and small leathery ovate-to-obovate leaves. Margins range from sharply toothed to smooth and may roll inward. A representative red-flowered, red-fruited form bears urn-like tubular flowers and rounded berries. Short triangular calyx lobes are no longer than the calyx tube at flowering. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Vaccinium reticulatum
- Hawaiian names
- ʻōhelo · ʻōhelo ʻai
- Other names
- Vaccinium reticulatum · ʻōhelo · ʻōhelo ʻai
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Use one red-fruited form instead of mixing the many reported berry colors. Preserve small leaves and short triangular calyx lobes, distinct from Vaccinium dentatum.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Shrub or subshrub; Rhizomatous shrubs, aerial shoots stiffly erect, 10-130(-200) cm tall; twigs of the current season often pubescent, occasionally glaucous, or both glaucous and pubescent.
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A rhizomatous native shrub with stiff erect shoots and small leathery ovate-to-obovate leaves. Margins range from sharply toothed to smooth and may roll inward. A representative red-flowered, red-fruited form bears urn-like tubular flowers and rounded berries. Short triangular calyx lobes are no longer than the calyx tube at flowering. This native shrub is a component of Hawaiian vegetation. Monitoring mature plants, new recruits and occupied cover can assess persistence and replacement. The reviewed accounts do not establish a measured Kauaʻi population trend or quantify an ecosystem effect.