invasiveMyricaceae
Morella faya
firetree
Nitrogen-fixing tree that transforms nutrient-poor Hawaiian soils, facilitating invasion by other non-natives and displacing native species adapted to oligotrophic conditions.
Myrica faya (firetree, faya or haya; syn. Morella faya (Ait.) Wilbur) is a species of Myrica, native to Macaronesia (the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands), and possibly also southern Portugal.
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Where documented · 35 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 292 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 129 · GBIF 145 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 24 · GBIF 40 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 16 · GBIF 18 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 15 ✓
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 8 ✓
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 7 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3 ✓
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kaohai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 4
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahikinui · MauiGBIF 3
Puʻukawaiwai, Panoluʻukia · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalulu · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Kuʻia · MauiGBIF 2
Hauʻula · OʻahuGBIF 2
Keāliaaupuni · LānaʻiGBIF 2
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1
Kamehamenui · MauiiNat 1
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1
ʻAlae 1-2 · MauiiNat 1
Waikīkī · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honolulu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Keana · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kealakomo · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Mahana · LānaʻiGBIF 1