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Hyparrhenia rufa
thatching grass
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Hyparrhenia rufa is a species of grass known by the common names jaragua, jaragua grass, and giant thatching grass. It is native to Africa and it is widespread in the world as a cultivated forage and fodder for livestock and a naturalized and sometimes invasive species.
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Seasonality
Only 1 phenology-annotated observation exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 42 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 103 · GBIF 57 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 18 · GBIF 7 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 4 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 3
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaunala · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honomanü · MauiGBIF 3
Kaipapaʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makuʻu, Pōpōkī, Hālo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 2
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Ukumehame · MauiGBIF 2
Pūlehunui · MauiGBIF 2
Keonepokonui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Manukā · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1
Hālawa · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Moakea · MolokaʻiiNat 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waiau · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waiawa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kapunakea · MauiGBIF 1