Kanaio
Acres: 876
Established: 1991 - Executive Order 3530
TMK: 2-1-2-1, 2-1-3-50, 2-1-3-50
This Reserve contains dry forest with communities of native shrublands and groves of native trees. There are large stands of Halapepe (above).
Kanaio harbors many endangered and rare native Hawaiian species:
Plants:
Cenchrus agrimoniodes var. agrimoniodes (Endangered)
Reynoldsia sandwicensis (Species of Concern)
Capparis sandwichiana (Species of Concern)
Bonamia menziesii (Endangered)
Acacia koaia (Species of Concern)
Vigna o-wahuensis (Endangered)
Alphilonia ponderosa (Species of Concern)
Melicope adscendens (Endangered)
Melicope hawaiensis (Species of Concern)
Melicope knudsenii (Endangered)
Melicope mucronulata (Endangered)
Santalum freycinetianum var. lanaiense (Endangered)
Nesoluma polynesicum (Species of Concern)
Nothocestrum latifolium (Candidate)
Animals:
Manduca blackburni (Blackburn's Sphinx moth) (Endangered)
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