indigenousOphioglossaceae
Ophioderma falcatum
Indigenous (native)native
Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.
Ophioderma falcatum is known as puapua moa or laukahi in Hawaii. It is a fern in the family Ophioglossaceae, and many people still classify it as an Ophioglossum. Some consider it a subspecies of Ophioderma pendulum. An epiphyte, it is native to the Hawaiian islands except for Ni'ihau and Kaho'olawe. It also grows on some other Pacific islands.
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Seasonality
Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
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Where documented · 37 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 55 · GBIF 79 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 21 · GBIF 23 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 10 ✓
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahuwai · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pāʻauhau-mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Kūkūau 1 · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 3
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 2
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 2
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailau · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Punaluʻu · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kalopā · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 1
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1
ʻAlaenui · MauiGBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Makaweli · KauaʻiGBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiGBIF 1
West Makaīwa · MauiGBIF 1
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waikane · OʻahuGBIF 1
Wailua · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kīkoʻo · MauiGBIF 1
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Papaʻakoko · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1