Bart Potter has shared some wonderful links for those interested in Hawaii’s flora and watershed.

Arborist and gifted member of the Honolulu Woodturners Bart Potter has shared these links for those interested in Hawaii’s flora and watershed.   Mahalo Bart!

“The Bible” Wagner, Herbst and Sohmer’s Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii Vols I and II:
http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-544-9780824821661.aspx

Very useful old book, collector’s item now, Marie Neal’s In Gardens of Hawaii. Many botanical names have changed….

George Staples’ update of Neal, A Tropical Garden Flora
http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/press/web/detailed.asp?search=1-58178-039-7

Smithsonian search tool for flora of Hawaiian Islands (a good site for most current name)
http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/query2.cfm

A page from Kim and Forrest Starr’s site:
http://www.starrenvironmental.com/images/?o=plants

Gerry Carr’s (UH Botany) native plant gallery
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/natives.htm

Carr’s Campus plant guide
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/160webindex.htm

Skolmen and Little’s Common Forest Trees of Hawaii made available online by CTAHR:
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/trees/little_skolmen.html

Leroux, et al challenge the botanical designation of koa
http://www.nature.com/polopoly_fs/1.15419!/menu/main/topColumns/topLeftColumn/pdf/510320a.pdf

Historical information on Forestry in Hawaii
Deborah Woodcock’s excellent paper
“To Restore the Watersheds: Early 20th Century Tree Planting in Hawai`i”:
http://www.tsusinvasives.org/dotAsset/44424305-ba77-493f-9a4a-a871e3c6ca3c.pdf