invasivePoaceae
Cenchrus ciliaris
buffelgrass
Drought-tolerant C4 grass introduced for pasture. Extends fire-prone grass cover into dry forest habitats. Particularly problematic in leeward Maui and Hawaiʻi Island.
Cenchrus ciliaris (buffel-grass or African foxtail grass; syn. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link) is a species of grass native to most of Africa, southern Asia (east to India), southern Iran, and the extreme south of Europe (Sicily). Other names by which this grass is known include dhaman grass, anjan grass and koluk katai.
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Where documented · 66 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 189 · GBIF 277 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 25 · GBIF 57 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 27 · GBIF 42 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 21 · GBIF 24 ✓
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 12 · GBIF 11 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kamāʻoa, Puʻuʻeo, Ke · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 12 ✓
Lālāmilo, Keanuʻiʻomanō · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 9 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 8 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
N/A · KahoʻolaweiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Ukumehame · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Paunau · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaihae 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 4
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Olowalu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Launiupoko · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kūkiʻo, Maniniʻōwali · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moaliʻi · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 2
Kawaihāpai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Māhukona, Hihiu, K · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapālama · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻukole, Koea, Lapakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
N/A · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kalihi · MauiiNat 1
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Papaʻanui · MauiiNat 1
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiGBIF 1
Kahuā 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waiau · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waimano · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pūlehunui · MauiGBIF 1
Nānākuli · OʻahuGBIF 1
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Polanui · MauiGBIF 1